List of Australian saints explained

The following is a list of Roman Catholic and Orthodox canonized saints and beatified people of Australia.

The list includes all Catholic saints, blesseds, and Servants of God with Australian connections, either because they were of Australian origin and ethnicity, or because they travelled to Australia from their own homeland and became noted in their hagiography for their work in Australia and amongst the Australian people. A small number may have had no Australian connection in their lifetime, but have nonetheless become associated with Australia through the depositing of their relics in Australian religious houses.

Catholic Church

Saints

• Mary Ellen MacKillop (Mary of the Cross) (1842–1909), Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (New South Wales, Australia)
  • Declared Venerable: 13 June 1992
  • Beatified: 19 January 1995 by Pope John Paul II
  • Canonized: 17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI^[1]

Blesseds

None since 17 October 2010

Venerables

None since 13 June 1992

Servants of God

• Caroline Jones Chisholm (1808–1877), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Canberra-Gourlburn (England, United Kingdom - New South Wales, Australia)^[2]
• Eileen Rosaline O'Connor (1892–1921), Founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (Melbourne, Australia - New South Wales, Australia)^{[3] [4]}
• Mary Glowrey (Mary of the Sacred Heart) (1887–1957), Professed Religious of the Society of Jesus Mary Joseph (Victoria, Australia - Bayalu Seeme, India)^{[5] [6]}
• Constance Helen Gladman (Mary Rosina) (1922–1964), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart; Martyr (Koroit, Australia - East New Britain, Papua New Guinea)^[7]

Candidates for sainthood

• John Bede Polding (1794–1877), Professed Priest of the Benedictines (English Congregation); Archbishop of Sydney; Founder of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan (Liverpool, England – Sydney, Australia)^[8]
• Julian Tenison-Woods (1832–1889), Priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney; Cofounder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (London, England - Sydney, Australia)
• Angelo Ambrosoli (1824–1891), Priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (Salerno, Italy – New South Wales)^[9]
• Ellen Whitty (Mary Vincent) (1819–1892), Professed Religious of the Religious Sisters of Mary (Wexford, Ireland - Queensland, Australia)
• Charles O'Neill (1828–1900), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Sydney; Cofounder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (Glasgow, Scotland – Sydney, Australia)^{[10] [11]}
• Geraldine Gibbons (Scholastica) (1817–1901), Founder of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan (Kinsale, Ireland – New South Wales, Australia)^{[8] [12]}
• Joseph Augustine [Giuseppe Agostino] Canali, (1841–1915), Priest of the Archdiocese of Brisbane (Rome, Italy - Queensland, Australia)^[10]
• David Bertram McCullagh (1911–1942) and Clifford Ambrose Brennan (1916–1942), Professed Priests of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; Martyrs (Australia - near Fuga Island, Cagayan, Philippines)^[13]
• Frederick Gerard Mannes (Augustinus) (1908–1942), John Clarence Roberts (John William) (1910-1942), and Francis Joseph Fitzgerald (Donatus Joseph) (1910-1942), Professed Religious' of the Marist Brothers of the Schools; Martyrs (Australia - Bougainville, Papua New Guinea)^[14]
• John Hawes (1876–1956), Priest of the Diocese of Geraldton and the Archdiocese of Nassau (Richmond, England – Florida, United States)^[15]
• Timothy Edward McGrath (1881–1977), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; Founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (Victoria, Australia - New South Wales, Australia)^[16]
• Kevin Lawlor (1955–1986), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Martyr (New South Wales, Australia – Soroti, Uganda)^[17]
• Irene McCormack (1938–1991), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart; Martyr (Western Australia, Australia - Junín, Peru)^[18]
• Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria (1915–1998), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
• John Billings (1918–2007) and Evelyn Livingston Billings (1918–2010), Married Laypersons of the Archdiocese of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)^{[19] [20]}
• Rosemary Goldie (1916–2010), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Sydney (New South Wales, Australia)^[21]
• Patrick Dougherty (1931–2010), Bishop of Bathurst (New South Wales, Australia)
• Paul Jackson (1937–2020), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Queensland, Australia – Bihar, India)^{[22] [23]}

Orthodox Church

Saint

• The Venerable Father Nikanor (Savić) of Athos, Australia and New Zealand was the Abbot of Hilandar before moving to Australia to pacify the schism (resulting from communism and its fall) between the Patriarchal Diocese and the New Gracanica Metropolitanate's Diocese. He reposed in 1990, was glorified by the Serbian Orthodox Church in 2010, and celebrated each year on March 4 (both calendars).

See also

• List of Saints from Oceania
• List of Anglo-Saxon saints
• List of saints of Ireland
• List of Cornish saints
• List of saints of Northumbria
• List of Breton saints
• List of Swedish Saints
• List of Russian saints
• List of saints of Poland
• List of Serbian saints
• List of American saints and beatified people
• List of Mexican saints
• List of Brazilian saints
• List of saints of the Canary Islands

Notes and References

1. https://www.sosj.org.au/our-foundress-mary-mackillop/canonisation-2/ "Canonisation" Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, May 2016
2. https://mrschisholm.com/ Mrs Chisholm – The Emigrant's Friend and Servant of God
3. Web site: After a life of pain, Eileen O'Connor may be Australia's next saint. smh.com.au. 19 August 2018.
4. Web site: Sainthood cause opens for Eileen O'Connor. catholicweekly.com. 21 February 2020.
5. http://www.congregationjmj.org/god-inspiration.php Congregation of JMJ
6. Web site: Mary Glowrey On Path to Sainthood. catholicweekly.com. 21 March 2013.
7. Web site: Push for former Koroit nun's canonisation. standard.net.au. 28 December 2018. Peter Collins.
8. Web site: Our Story The Sisters of The Good Samaritan. goodsams.org. 15 March 2023.
9. Web site: Missionary Priest Angelo Ambrosoli in 19th-century Australia. ewtn.com. Stefano Girola. 11 March 2009.
10. Web site: More Australian saints on their way. 4 July 2019. mnnews.today.
11. Web site: Charles Gordon O'Neill – a remarkable life by Bishop Anthony Randazzo. catholicoutlook.org. 28 November 2017.
12. Web site: Opening the Door to a Saint. 15 March 2023. sosj.org.
13. Web site: Papua New Guinea 2. Hagiography Circle.
14. Web site: Papua New Guinea 1. Hagiography Circle.
15. Web site: Process to investigate possibility of sainthood for Monsignor Hawes commences. 22 April 2022. geraldtondiocese.org.au.
16. Web site: Father Ted and the cross he should bear. 20 April 2013. news.com.au. Ian McPhedran.
17. Web site: Recent Franciscan Martyrs. 29 March 2006. hnp.org.
18. Web site: Sister Irene McCormack: Australia's next Saint? . St Columbans Mission Society . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181214224126/https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/articles/features/2011/sister-irene-mccormack-australias-next-saint . 2018-12-14 . 2018-12-14 .
19. https://billings-cause.blog/about/ Cause for Beatification of Drs. John and Evelyn Billings
20. Web site: Australians promote Billings fertility pioneers as potential saints. 26 July 2022. angelusnews.com.
21. Web site: Rosemary Goldie, the Parramatta Girl in the Vatican. 11 September 2018. catholicoutlook.org. Jordan Grantham.
22. Web site: The Australian missionary who walked with Indian Muslims. 14 July 2020. ucanews.com. Joe Palathunkal.
23. Web site: Fr Paul Jackson SJ: A man of patience, perseverance and prayer. 27 July 2020. jcapsj.org.