List of saints of India explained

This article is a list of Indian Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, and Servants of God recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. Majority of these men and women of religious life were born, died, or lived within India.

Apostles

Image Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death DescriptionFeast
St. Thomas the Apostle (Mar Thoma)1st century AD Galilee 3 July 72 AD Mylapore, Chennai (presently Santhome)The Apostle of India, who came to Tamilakam, present day Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and was martyred on St.Thomas Mount. (solemnity in India)
1st century AD Cana, Galilee 1st century AD Armenia According to tradition, he did missionary activity in the region near Bombay on the Konkan coast.

Saints

Early times

Image Name Date of birthPlace of birthDate of death Place of deathDescription Feast
2nd century ADSicilyc. 200 Alexandria, EgyptA Greek theologian and a significant figure in the Catechetical School of Alexandria who lived as a missionary in India. 7 July
Indiac. 455 ItalyA missionary priest in France, said to be Indian by birth.
c. 468Walesc. 564 Cornwall, EnglandA British abbot who lived in India where he tamed wolves and returned to Britain with a wolf companion he had met in India.

Modern times

Image Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Description Feast Declared servant of God Declared venerable Beatified Canonised Diocese Rite
St. Francis Xavier (Francisco de Jasso Azpilicueta) Navarra, Spain China Cofounder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (solemnity in India) Goa and DamanLatin
St. Gonsalo Garcia (Gonçalo Garcia) Bassein, Bombay Nagasaki, Japan Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Martyr VasaiLatin
St. John de Brito (João de Brito or Swami Arulanandar), SJ Lisbon, Portugal Oriyur, Madurai Priest; Martyr SivagangaiLatin
St. Joseph Vaz (Juze Vaz) Benaulim, Goa Kandy, Sri Lanka Priest of the Oratorians Goa and DamanLatin
St. Devasahayam Pillai (Lazarus)Palliyadi, Tamil NaduAralvaimozhi, Tamil NauduMarried Layperson; MartyrKottarLatin
St. Kuriakose Elias ChavaraKainakari, Alappuzha Koonammavu, Ernakulam Cofounder and Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate; Founder of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel VerapolySyro-Malabar
St. Mariam Baouardy (Maryam Bawardi or Marie of Jesus Crucified)[1] [2] [3] [4] Israel Bethlehem Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns, helped found the missionary Carmel of Mangalore, India MangaloreLatin
St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel MankidiyanThrissur, Kerala Thrissur, Kerala Cofounder of the Congregation of the Holy Family IrinjalakudaSyro-Malabar
St. Maximilian Kolbe (Rajmund Kolbe or Maksymilian Maria Kolbe)[5] Poland Auschwitz death camp, Poland Professed Priest of the Franciscan Conventuals, Travelled in 1932 to Malabar, India, where he founded a monastery Verapoly[6] Latin
St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (Anna Muttathupadathu)[7] [8] Kottayam Kottayam Professed Religious of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation PalaiSyro-Malabar
St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Rosa Eluvathingal or Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) Kattoor, Irinjalakuda Ollur, Thrissur Professed Religious of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel ThrissurSyro-Malabar
St. Teresa of Calcutta (Anjëzë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) Skopje, Macedonia Calcutta Founder of the Missionaries of Charity CalcuttaLatin

Group of martyrs

Beatified

Image Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Description Feast Declared servant of God Declared venerable Beatified Diocese Rite
Bl. Odoric of PordenonePordenoneUdineFranciscan friar14 JanuaryBombay, Cuttack-BhubaneswarLatin
Martyrs of Cuncolim Goa Professed Priests and Religious of the Jesuits; Laypersons Goa and DamanLatin
Some of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
  • Bl. Miguel de Carvalho, ordained a priest in Goa
  • Bl. Francisco Pacheco, seminarian in Goa
  • Bl. John Baptist Zola, missionary in Goa
  • Bl. Balthasar de Torres, seminarian in Goa
  • Bl. Diogo Carvalho (Didacus Carvalho), seminarian in Goa
  • Bl. Pietro Paolo Navarra, ordained a priest in Goa
  • Bl. Joao Batisto Machado, seminarian in Goa
1598–1632Japan Goa and DamanLatin
Bls. Denis of the Nativity (Pierre Berthelot) and Redemptus of the Cross (Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha) Achen-Jakarta, Indonesia Professed Priest and Religious of the Discalced Carmelites; Martyrs Goa and DamanLatin
Bl. Emmanuel d'Abreu, SJ Priest; Martyr Goa and DamanLatin
Bl. Mary of the Passion (Helene-Marie-Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville) Nantes, France Sanremo, Italy Founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary OotyLatin
Bl. Augustinose Thevarparampil (Kunjachan) Ramapuram, Kerala Ramapuram, Kerala Diocesan Priest PalaiSyro-Malabar
Bl. Sister Rani Maria (Mariam Vattalil) Pulluvazhy, Ernakulam Dhad Devanala village, Kampel, Indore Professed Religious of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, Martyr IndoreSyro-Malabar

Venerables

Image Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Description Declared servant of God Declared venerable Diocese Rite
Ven. Melchior de Marion Brésillac[9] Castelnaudary, FranceFreetown, Sierra LeoneApostolic Vicar of CoimbatoreCoimbatoreLatin
Ven. Joseph Alois Hartmann (Anastasius of Altwis), OFM. Cap.[10] Switzerland Kurji, Patna Apostolic Vicar of Patna Latin
Ven. Veronica of the Passion (Sophia Leeves) Constantinople Pau, France Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns; Founder of the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel Latin
Mother Eliswa Vakayil[11] Vypin, ErnakulamVarapuzhaWidow; Founder of the Congregation of Teresian CarmelitesVerapolyLatin
Ven. Mary Jane Wilson (Maria of Saint Francis) Harihara, Karnataka Madeira, Portugal Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Victory Latin
Champakulam, Changanacherry Rome Eparch of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabarese; Founder of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Syro-Malabar
Ven. Agnelo Gustavo Adolfo de Souza[12] Anjuna, Goa Goa Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Francis Xavier of Pilar Latin
Ven. Varghese Payapilly PalakkappillyKonthuruthy Ernakulam Priest; Founder of the Sisters of the Destitute Ernakulam-AngamalySyro-Malabar
Edappady, Kerala Pala, Kerala Diocesan Priest; Founder of the Sacred Heart Congregation Syro-Malabar
Ven. Fr. John Vincent, OCDSpain Spain Priest VerapolyLatin
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios (Geevarghese Thomas Panickerveetil)[13] MavelikkaraTrivandrumFirst Archbishop of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church; Founder of the Congregation of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Ashram), the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ and the Daughters of MaryTrivandrumSyro-Malankara
Monza, Milan Bombay Professed Religious of the Canossian Daughters of Charity Latin
Ven. Augustine John UkkenThrissur, Kerala Chowannur, Thrissur, Kerala Priest; Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Trichur ThrissurSyro-Malabar
Ven. Zacarias Salterain Bizkarra (Zacarias of Saint Teresa), OCD Spain Aluva Priest Latin
Sr. Maria Celine Kannanaikal, UMIKundanoor, TrichurKannurProfessed ReligiousKannurSyro-Malabar
Ven. Pedro Landeta Azcueta (Aureliano of the Blessed Sacrament), OCDSpain Aluva Priest VerapolyLatin
Puthenpally, Kerala Kuzhikkattussery, Kerala Priest of the Eparchy of Trichur (now within the Eparchy of Irinjalakuda); Co-founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family Syro-Malabar
Ven. Francesco Convertini, SDB Marinelli, Italy Krishnagar Priest Latin
Ven. Stefano Ferrando, SDB Rossiglione, Genova, Italy Genova, Italy Bishop of Shillong; Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Mary, Help of Christians Latin

Servants of God

This section includes those who have been formally declared as a Servant of God by a bishop, or listed as a Servant of God by a conference of bishops.

Image Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Description Declared servant of God Diocese Rite
Antonio Pietro Criminali[14] [15] Sissa, ItalyVedhalai, Ramanathapuramprofessed priest, JesuitsSivagangaiLatin
Michael [Michele] Ansaldo[16] [17] Messina, ItalyChennai, Tamil Nādu professed priest, Jesuits; founder, Franciscan Sisters of Saint Aloysius GonzagaPondicherry-CuddaloreLatin
Fr. Nicolas-Michel Krick (fr), MEP and
Fr. Augustin-Etienne Bourry (fr), MEP
Somme Village, Khibito (India-China border) Priests; Martyrs Latin
Fr. Louis Savinien Dupuis (fr), MEP Sens, France Pondicherry Priest; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Pondicherry and the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Quilon Latin
Thatipatri Gnanamma[18] Guntur Kilacheri, Tamil Nadu Widow; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne of Chennai and the Sisters of Saint Anne of Phirangipuram Latin
Fr. Joseph Louis Ravel[19] Valernes, FranceCoimbatorePriest, founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of MaryCoimbatoreLatin
Annammal Selvanayagam Pillai Varaganeri, Trichy Melapudur, Trichy Lay woman, Founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne of Trichy Latin
Constant Lievens, SJ Moorslede, Belgium Leuven, Belgium Priest Latin
Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHMZwolle, Holland France Founder of Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima BellaryLatin
Mary Grace D'Lima (Teresa of Saint Rose of Lima) Madras Cuddapah Founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa Latin
Sr. Marie-Gertrude of the Precious Blood Gros (Félicie Gros), SMMIParis, France Dhaka, Bangladesh co-foundress of SMMI NagpurLatin
Augustine PereiraTuticorin, Tamil Nadu N.Panjampatti, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu Founder of the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception DindigulLatin
Mathew MakilManjoor, Kottayam Kottayam Apostolic Vicar of Changanacherry and Kottayam; Founder of the Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary KottayamSyro-Malabar
Fr. Silvio Pasquali, PIMEPicenengo, Cremona, Italy Eluru Priest; Founder of the Catechist Sisters of Saint Anne EluruLatin
Henri Caumont (Fortunat of Tours)[20] [21] (fr)Tours, FranceProfessed Priest,Franciscan Capuchins; Bishop of Ajmer; Founder, Prabhudasi Sisters of Ajmer – Handmaids of the Lord and the Mission Sisters of AjmerAjmerLatin
Fr. Varkey Kattarath, VC[22] Poonjar, KeralaProfessed Priest and Founder of the Vicentian CongregationErnakulam-AngamalySyro-Malabar
Fr. George Vakayil (Vakayilachan)Koonammavu Maradu, Cochin Diocesan priest VerapolyLatin
Sebastian Lawrence Casimir Presentation ValiyathayilArthunkal, Kerala Arthunkal, Kerala Diocesan Priest, Founder of the Visitation Sisters of Alleppey AlleppeyLatin
Charles from Ploemeur (Alfred Le Neouannis)[23] Ploemeur, Morbihan (France)Ambapara, Banswara, Rajasthanprofessed priest, Capuchin FranciscansUdaipurLatin
Adelrich Benziger (Aloysius of Saint Mary)Einsiedeln, Switzerland Trivandrum Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelites; Bishop of Quilon QuilonLatin
Thomas PoothathilNeendoor Kaipuzha Priest; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph's Congregation KottayamSyro-Malabar
Joseph Thamby, OFSPondicherry Pedavutapalli, Vijayawada Layperson; Member of the Secular Franciscans VijayawadaLatin
Joseph PanjikaranUzhuva, Ernakulam Kothamangalam Priest; Founder of the Medical Sisters of Saint Joseph Ernakulam-AngamalySyro-Malabar
Constantine Vendrame, SDBItaly Dibrugarh Priest ShillongLatin
Sr. Dr. Mary Glowrey, JMJ (Mary of the Sacred Heart)Birregurra, Australia Bangalore Foundress of Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) GunturLatin
Peter Reddy OFS, (Paul Chenappan Reddy or Peter Paradesi)Peraiur Ammapettai, Thirumangalam Taluk, Madurai Palayamkottai Married Layperson; Member of the Secular Franciscans PalayamkottaiLatin
Raymond Francis Camillus MascarenhasShimoga Bendur, Mangalore Priest; Founder of the Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany MangaloreLatin
Lawrence PuliyanathMundamveli, Kochi Edakochi Priest, Social Reformer CochinLatin
Mary Bernadette Prasad KispottaSaragaon, Ranchi Ranchi Founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne of Ranchi RanchiLatin
Fr. Antony ThachuparambilKottat, Chalakudy Chelakkara Priest ThrissurSyro-Malabar
Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas[24] Pandiyanthalvu, Sri LankaJaffna, Sri Lankaprofessed priest, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; founder, Congregation of the Rosarians, Congregation of the Rosarian SistersBangaloreLatin
Hermann Rasschaert Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands Gerda, Jharkhand Professed priest of the Jesuits, martyr SimdegaLatin
Fr. Michael Koodalloor (Theophane of Kottappuram), OFM Cap.Kottapuram Ponnurinni, Ernakulam Priest VerapolyLatin
Fr. Antony Soosainather, CRTuticorin Fatimagiri Asram, Vadakangulam Priest TuticorinLatin
Fr. Adeodatus of Saint Peter (Muthiyavila Valiyachan)[25] Beveren, Belgium Thiruvananthapuram professed priest of the Discalced Carmelites NeyyattinkaraLatin
Thommachan Puthenparampil Edathuva, Alleppey Edathuva, Alleppey Married Layperson; Member of the Secular Franciscans Syro-Malabar
Pravithanath Changanacherry Archeparch of Changanacherry Syro-Malabar
Archbishop Joseph Attipetty[26] VypeenErnakulam, Kerala, IndiaArchbishop of VerapolyVerapolyLatin
Msgr. George Fernandes[27] Goa Founder of the Poor Sisters of Our Lady (PSOL), priest of the Archdiocese of Bombay Latin
Fr. Lourdu Xavier Savarirayan Kovanda Kurichy, Thiruchirapalli Poondi Priest Latin
Philomena Vallayil (Mary Francesca de Chantal)[28] Champakulam Founder of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament ChanganacherrySyro-Malabar
Fr. Louis Marie Leveil, SJ Laille, France Sarugani, Sivagangai Priest Latin
Paula Monnigmann (Petra) [Dinadassi] Oelde, Germany Pattuvam, Kannur Founder of the Dina Sevana Sabha (Servants of the Poor) Latin
Fr. Valerian Guemes Rodriguez, C.M.[29] [30] [31] Quintanarruz, Burgos, SpainMohana, OdishaPriest, Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)BerhampurLatin
Fr. John Peter Savarinayagam, OFM. Cap. Thiruppanthruthi, Kumbakonam Chennai Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchin (Amala Annai Province of Tamil Nadu) KumbakonamLatin
Mariam Arampulickal (Mary Collette of the Infant Jesus)[32] Cherpunkal, KottayamManiamkunnu, Panachippara, Poonjarprofessed religious, Franciscan Clarist CongregationPalaiLatin
Reynolds PurackalChethy, Alappuzha Alappuzha Diocesan Priest Latin
Ante Gabrić (hr)CroatiaIndiaProfessed Priest of the JesuitsCalcuttaLatin
Fr. Joseph Kandathil[33] Chempu, KeralaPriest of the Archeparchy of Ernamkulam-Angamally; Founder of the Assisi Sisters of Mary ImmaculateErnakulam-AngamalySyro-Malabar
Bishop Jerome FernandezBishop of QuilonQuilonLatin
Mallusserry, Kerala Karukutty, Kerala Professed Religious of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel Syro-Malabar
Peter John Roche (Alfred of Moodahadu)[34] Barkur, Karnataka Mangalore Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchin Latin
Fr. Ouseph Thekkekara (Canisius of Saint Teresa), CMIAnandapuram, Thrissur Kottackal, Mala Priest IrinjalakudaSyro-Malabar
Bishop Oreste Marengo, SDB Italy Tura Bishop of Tura Latin
Armond Madhavath[35] Nadavayal, KeralaProfessed Priest of the Franciscan CapuchinsTellicherrySyro-Malabar
Immanuel Lopez[36] KochiKochiVicar general of the Archdiocese of VerapolyVerapolyLatin
Bernhard Thanhauser (Fortunatus) Berlin Friedenau, Germany Kattapana Professed Religious of the Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God; Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint John of God Latin
Marian Zelazek, SVD Paledzie, Poland Puri, India Priest Latin
Sr. Fidelis Thaliath S.D[37] Puthenpally, Ernakulam, KeralaDelhi, IndiaProfessed religious of the Sisters of the DestituteFaridabadSyro-Malabar
Kantheswar Digal and companions, martyrs of Kandhamal[38] onwardsPriest and Laypersons; MartyrsCuttack-BhubaneswarLatin
Linus Maria Zucol[39] Sarnonico, ItalyKozhikode, Keralaprofessed priest, JesuitsKannurLatin

Candidates for sainthood

This section includes those for whom a cause of sainthood or a diocesan investigation is in progress, but the person has not been declared as a Servant of God, although the term 'Servant of God' is sometimes used for such persons.

Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Description Diocese Rite
Lorenz Hopfenmuller (Otto)[40] Weismain, Germany Shillong Professed Priest of the Salvatorians Latin
Benedict Onamkulam[41] Priest of the Archeparchy of Changanacherry ChanganacherrySyro-Malabar
Jean-Richard Mahieu (François) [Acharya][42] Ypres, Belgium Tiruvalla Professed Priest of the Trappists Latin
Amelia Cimolino[43] Italy Mangalore Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa (Sisters of Holy Child Mary) Latin

Others

This section includes persons who are regarded to have led holy and edifying lives, but for whom there is no cause or formal investigation in progress.

Image Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Description Rite
France India Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins Latin
France India Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins Latin
Divar, Goa Bolawatta, Sri Lanka Oratorian priest, companion of St. Joseph Vaz Latin
England France Layperson of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh Latin
Francis Wilkinson (Marie de Borgia)[44] ShimlaAlgeriaProfessed religious, Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of AfricaLatin
María Teresalina Sánchez (Joaquina de Zubiri Sánchez)Spain Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir Professed Religious of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Martyr Latin
Augustina Kochumuttam India India Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa (Sisters of Holy Child Mary); Martyr Latin
India India Archbishop of Ernakulam; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Therese of Lisieux and the Sisters of Nazareth Syro-Malabar
India India Founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King Latin
India India Archbishop of Ernamkulam; Cardinal Syro-Malabar
Louis Moolaveetil (Easo Mathew) India India Professed Priest of the Order of the Imitation of Christ; Martyr Syro-Malankara
Bruno Kaniyarakath India India Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Syro-Malabar
Emilian Vettath India India Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Syro-Malabar
Alan Richard Griffiths (Swami Dayananda) England India Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Camaldolese Congregation) Latin
Preeti ChalilIndiaNepalprofessed religious, Sisters of Charity of NazarethLatin
Thomas Anchanickal India India Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr Latin
Mother Maria Rosario of Jesus OCD15 January 1893Granada, Spain28 February 1970Thiruvalla, IndiaProfessed Religious of Order of Discalced Carmelite, Foundress of first cloister carmel convents in KeralaLatin
Jose Nedumattathil India India Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr Latin
Albisia (Mary Aletta) Dungdung[45] IndiaYemenprofessed religious, Missionaries of Charity of Mother TeresaLatin
Pancratia (Mary Zilia) MinjIndiaYemenprofessed religious, Missionaries of Charity of Mother TeresaLatin
Ansama Antony (Mary Aloise)[46] IndiaSierra Leoneprofessed religious, Missionaries of Charity of Mother TeresaLatin
Anastasia Xalxo (Mary Indu)IndiaSierra Leoneprofessed religious, Missionaries of Charity of Mother TeresaLatin
Suresh Barwa[47] IndiaJamaicanovice, Missionaries of  the PoorLatin
Johnson (Prakash) Moyalan India Nepal Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr Latin
Thomas (Kunjumon) PandippallyIndiaIndiaprofessed priest, Carmelites of Mary ImmaculateSyro-Malabar
Valsa John Malamel India India Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary; Martyr Syro-Malabar
Luigi (Luigino) Toffanin Italy India Professed Priest of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus Latin
Nepal India Professed Religious of the Missionaries of Charity Latin
Cecilia (Mary Anselm) MinjIndiaYemenprofessed religious, Missionaries of Charity of Mother TeresaLatin
Ajna George[48] KochiKochiLaywoman of the Archdiocese of VerapolyLatin

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External links

Notes and References

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