List of people beatified by Pope Francis explained

Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has authorized the beatification of 1,530 people, including two equipollent beatifications. The names listed below are from the Holy See website and are listed by year, then date. The locations given are the locations of the beatification ceremonies, not necessarily the birthplaces or homelands of the beatified.

2013

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Presided byFeast Day
1.Cristobal of Saint Catherine7 April 2013Córdoba, SpainCardinal Angelo AmatoJuly 21
2.Luca Passi13 April 2013Venice, ItalyApril 18
3.Nicolò Rusca21 April 2013Sondrio, ItalySeptember 4
4.Francisca de Paula de Jesus4 May 2013Baependi, Minas Gerais, BrazilJune 14
5.Luigi Novarese11 May 2013Rome, ItalyCardinal Tarcisio BertoneJuly 20
6.Giuseppe Puglisi25 May 2013Palermo, Sicily, ItalyCardinal Salvatore De GiorgiOctober 21
7.Zofia Czeska-Maciejowska9 June 2013Kraków, PolandCardinal Angelo AmatoApril 1
8.Małgorzata SzewczykJune 5
9.Odoardo Focherini15 June 2013Carpi, Modena, ItalyJune 6
10.Vladimir Ghika31 August 2013Bucharest, RomaniaMay 16
10.Antonio Franco2 September 2013Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, ItalySeptember 2
11.Maria Bolognesi7 September 2013Rovigo, ItalyJanuary 30
12.José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero14 September 2013Córdoba, ArgentinaJanuary 26
13.Tommaso da Olera21 September 2013Bergamo, ItalyMay 3
14.Miroslav Bulešić28 September 2013Istria, CroatiaAugust 24
15.Rolando Rivi5 October 2013Modena, ItalyMay 29
16.522 Spanish Martyrs13 October 2013Tarragona, SpainNovember 6
17.István Sándor19 October 2013Budapest, HungaryJune 8
18.Maria Theresia Bonzel10 November 2013Paderborn, GermanyFebruary 6

2014

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of BeatificationPresided byFeast Day
1.Maria Cristina of Savoy25 January 2014Naples, ItalyCardinal Angelo AmatoJanuary 31
2.Giuseppe Girotti26 April 2014Alba, Cuneo, ItalyCardinal Severino PolettoApril 1
3.Anton Durcovici17 May 2014Iași, RomaniaCardinal Angelo AmatoDecember 20
4.Mario Vergara24 May 2014Aversa, Caserta, ItalyMay 24
5.Isidore Ngei Ko Lat
6.Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera31 May 2014Collevallenza, Perugia, ItalyFebruary 8
7.Paul Yun Ji-Chung & 123 Companions16 August 2014Seoul, South KoreaPope FrancisMay 29
8.Giovannina Franchi20 September 2014Como, ItalyCardinal Angelo AmatoFebruary 23
9.Álvaro del Portillo27 September 2014Madrid, SpainMay 12
10.Teresa Demjanovich4 October 2014Newark, New Jersey, United StatesMay 8
11.Francesco Zirano12 October 2014Sassari, ItalyJanuary 29
12.Pope Paul VI19 October 2014Saint Peter's Square, Vatican CityPope FrancisMay 29
May 30 (Ambrosian Rite)
13.Assunta Marchetti25 October 2014São Paulo, BrazilCardinal Angelo AmatoJuly 1
14.Pedro Asúa Mendía1 November 2014Vitoria, SpainAugust 29

2015

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Presided byFeast Day
1.Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon26 April 2015Rimouski, CanadaCardinal Angelo AmatoAugust 17
2.Luigi Bordino2 May 2015Turin, ItalyAugust 25
3.Luigi Caburlotto16 May 2015Venice, ItalyJuly 9
4.Óscar Romero23 May 2015San Salvador, El SalvadorMarch 24
5.Irene StefaniNyeri, KenyaCardinal Polycarp PengoOctober 31
6.Louis-Édouard Cestac31 May 2015Bayonne, FranceCardinal Angelo AmatoMarch 27
7.Flaviano Michele Melki29 August 2015Harissa, LebanonAugust 29
8.Maria Dolores Oller Angelats & 2 Companions5 September 2015Girona, SpainAugust 30
9.Benedict Daswa13 September 2015Limpopo, South AfricaFebruary 1
10.Pio Alberto del Corona19 September 2015San Miniato, ItalySeptember 19
11.Ludwika Szczęsna27 September 2015Kraków, PolandFebruary 7
12.Julián Heredia Zubía & 17 Companions3 October 2015Santander, SpainDecember 4
13.Maria Teresa Casini31 October 2015Frascati, ItalyApril 3
14.Francisco de Paula Victor14 November 2015Três Pontas, Minas Gerais, BrazilSeptember 23
15.Frederic Tarrés Puigpelat & 25 Companions21 November 2015Barcelona, SpainNovember 6
16.Michał Tomaszek5 December 2015Chimbote, PeruAugust 9 (former)
June 7 (new)
17.Zbigniew Adam Strzałkowski
18.Alessandro DordiAugust 25 (Dordi)

2016

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of BeatificationPresided byFeast Day
1.Valentín Palencia Marquina & 4 Companions23 April 2016Burgos, SpainCardinal Angelo AmatoJanuary 15
2.Francesco Maria Greco21 May 2016Cosenza, ItalyJanuary 13
3.Giacomo Abbondo11 June 2016Vercelli, ItalyFebruary 9
4.Carolina Santocanale12 June 2016Monreale, ItalyJanuary 27
5.Giulia Crostarosa18 June 2016Foggia, ItalySeptember 11
6.María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa27 August 2016Santiago del Estero, ArgentinaMarch 7
7.Władysław Bukowiński11 September 2016Karaganda, KazakhstanJune 20
8.Elisabetta Sanna Porcu17 September 2016Codrongianos, ItalyFebruary 17
9.Engelmar Unzeitig24 September 2016Würzburg, GermanyMarch 2
10.Genaro Fueyo Castañon & 3 Companions8 October 2016Oviedo, SpainOctober 21
11.José Antón Gómez & 3 Companions29 October 2016Madrid, SpainSeptember 25
12.Nikollë Prennushi & 37 Companions5 November 2016Shkodër, AlbaniaNovember 5
13.Marie-Eugène de l'Enfant-Jésus19 November 2016Avignon, FranceFebruary 4
14.Joseph Thạo Tiến and 16 Companions11 December 2016Vientiene, LaosCardinal Orlando QuevedoDecember 16

2017

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Presided byFeast Day
1.Takayama Ukon7 February 2017Osaka, JapanCardinal Angelo AmatoFebruary 3
2.Josef Mayr-Nusser18 March 2017Bolzano, ItalyOctober 3
3.José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre & 114 Companions25 March 2017Almería, SpainNovember 6
4.Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase22 April 2017Oviedo, SpainJanuary 16
5.Leopoldina Naudet29 April 2017Verona, ItalyAugust 17
6.Antonio Arribas Hortigüela & 6 Companions6 May 2017Girona, SpainNovember 6
7.John Sullivan13 May 2017Dublin, IrelandMay 8
8.Itala Mela10 June 2017La Spezia, ItalyApril 29
9.Teofilius Matulionis25 June 2017Vilnius, LithuaniaJune 14
10.Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve8 September 2017Villavicencio, ColombiaPope FrancisOctober 3
11.Pedro María Ramírez RamosApril 10
12.Stanley Francis Rother23 September 2017Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United StatesCardinal Angelo AmatoJuly 28
13.Titus Zeman30 September 2017Bratislava-Petržalka, SlovakiaJanuary 8
14.Giuseppe Antonio Migliavacca7 October 2017Milan, ItalyDecember 10
15.Mateo Casals Mas & 108 Companions21 October 2017Barcelona, SpainFebruary 1
16.Giovanni Schiavo28 October 2017Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilJanuary 27
17.Mariam Vattalil4 November 2017Indore, IndiaFebruary 25
18.Vicenç Queralt Lloret & 20 Comapanions11 November 2017Carabanchel, Madrid, SpainNovember 6
19.José Maria Fernández Sánchez & 38 Companions
20.Solanus Casey18 November 2017Detroit, Michigan, United StatesJuly 30
21.Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía25 November 2017Córdoba, ArgentinaNovember 27

2018

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Presided byFeast Day
1.Teresio Olivelli3 February 2018Vigevano, ItalyCardinal Angelo AmatoJanuary 16
2.Lucien Botovasoa15 April 2018Vohipeno, MadagascarCardinal Maurice PiatApril 14
3.Hanna Helena Chrzanowska28 April 2018Kraków, PolandCardinal Angelo AmatoApril 29
4.János Brenner1 May 2018Szombathely, HungaryDecember 15
5.Clara Fey5 May 2018Aachen, GermanyMay 8
6.Leonella Sgorbati26 May 2018Piacenza, ItalySeptember 17
7.Maria Gargani2 June 2018Naples, ItalyMay 24
8.Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon10 June 2018Agen, FranceJanuary 10
9.Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez16 June 2018Caracas, VenezuelaMay 9
10.María Guggiari Echeverría23 June 2018Barrio Obrero, Asunción, ParaguayApril 28
11.Anna Kolesárová1 September 2018Košice, SlovakiaCardinal Giovanni Angelo BecciuNovember 20 (Archdiocese of Košice)
November 22
12.Alphonse-Marie Eppinger9 September 2018Strasbourg, FranceSeptember 9
13.Veronica Antal22 September 2018Nisiporești, RomaniaAugust 24
14.Jean-Baptiste Fouque30 September 2018Marseille, FranceDecember 5
15.Tiburcio Arnáiz Muñoz20 October 2018Málaga, SpainJuly 18
16.Marcello Maruzzo27 October 2018Izabal, GuatemalaJuly 1
17.Luis Navarro
18.Clelia Merloni3 November 2018Rome, ItalyNovember 20
18.Michał Giedroyć7 November 2018Vatican City (equipollent beatification)Pope FrancisMay 4
19.Teodoro Illera del Olmo & 15 Companions10 November 2018Barcelona, SpainGiovanni Angelo BecciuNovember 6
20.Pierre Claverie & 18 Companions8 December 2018Oran, AlgeriaAugust 1 (Claverie)
May 8 (18 other martyrs)

2019

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Presided byFeast Day
1.Angel Cuartas Cristóbal & 8 Companions9 March 2019Oviedo, SpainCardinal Giovanni Angelo BecciuNovember 6
2.Mariano Mullerat i Soldevila23 March 2019Tarragona, SpainAugust 13
3.Carlos de Dios Murias27 April 2019La Rioja, ArgentinaJuly 17
4.Gabriel Longueville
5.Wenceslao Pedernera
6.Enrique Angelelli
7.María Concepción Cabrera Arias de Armida4 May 2019Mexico City, MexicoMarch 3
8.Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia18 May 2019Madrid, SpainJuly 16
9.Vasile Aftenie2 June 2019Blaj, RomaniaPope FrancisMay 10
10.Valeriu Traian FrentiuJuly 11
11.Ioan SuciuJune 23
12.Tit Liviu ChinezuJune 2
13.Ioan Balan
14.Alexandru Rusu
15.Iuliu HossuMay 28
16.Edvige Carboni15 June 2019Pozzomaggiore, ItalyCardinal Giovanni Angelo BecciuFebruary 17
17.María Isabel Lacaba Andia & 13 Companions22 June 2019Madrid, SpainNovember 6
18.Benedetta Bianchi Porro14 September 2019Forlì, ItalyJanuary 23
19.Richard Henkes15 September 2019Limburg, GermanyCardinal Kurt KochFebruary 21
20.Alfredo Cremonesi19 October 2019Crema, ItalyCardinal Giovanni Angelo BecciuFebruary 7
21.María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas9 November 2019Granada, SpainDecember 10
22.Victor Emilio Moscoso Cárdenas16 November 2019Riobamba, EcuadorMay 4 (Ecuador)
November 23 (Jesuit order)
23.Donizetti Tavares de Lima23 November 2019Tambaú, BrazilJune 16
24.James Alfred Miller7 December 2019Huehuetenango, GuatemalaCardinal José Luis Lacunza MaestrojuánFebruary 13

2020

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of BeatificationPresided byFeast Day
1.Maria Velotti26 September 2020Naples, ItalyCardinal Crescenzio SepeSeptember 2
2.Olinto Marella4 October 2020Bologna, ItalyCardinal Matteo Maria ZuppiSeptember 6
3.Carlo Acutis10 October 2020Assisi, ItalyCardinal Agostino ValliniOctober 12
4.Michael Joseph McGivney31 October 2020Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesCardinal Joseph TobinAugust 13
5.Joan Roig i Diggle7 November 2020Barcelona, SpainCardinal Juan José OmellaSeptember 11

2021

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of BeatificationPresided byFeast Day
1.Simèon-Marie Cardon & 5 Companions17 April 2021Veroli, ItalyCardinal Marcello SemeraroMay 16
2.José María Gran Cirera & 9 Companions23 April 2021Santa Cruz del Quiché, GuatemalaCardinal Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini ImeriJune 4
3.José Gregorio Hernández30 April 2021Caracas, VenezuelaArchbishop Aldo GiordanoOctober 26
4.Rosario Angelo Livatino9 May 2021Agrigento, ItalyCardinal Marcello SemeraroOctober 29
5.Johann Baptist Jordan15 May 2021Rome, ItalyCardinal Angelo De DonatisJuly 21
6.María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga & 2 Companions29 May 2021Astorga, SpainCardinal Marcello SemeraroNovember 6
7.Maria Laura Mainetti6 June 2021Chiavenna, ItalyJune 6
8.Mamerto Esquiú4 September 2021Catamarca, ArgentinaCardinal Luis Héctor VillalbaMay 11
9.Stefan Wyszyński12 September 2021Warsaw, PolandCardinal Marcello SemeraroMay 28
10.Róża CzackaMay 19
11.Giovanni Fornasini26 September 2021Bologna, ItalyOctober 13
12.Gaetana Tolomeo3 October 2021Catanzaro, ItalyApril 19
13.Mariantonia SamàMay 27
14.Maria Llorença Llong9 October 2021Naples, ItalyOctober 21
15.Francesco Mottola10 October 2021Tropea, ItalyJune 30
16.Juan Elías Medina & 126 Companions16 October 2021Córdoba, SpainNovember 6
17.Maria Ripamonti23 October 2021Brescia, ItalyJuly 4
18.Sandra Sabattini24 October 2021Rimini, ItalyMay 4
19.Francisco Cástor Sojo López & 3 Companions30 October 2021Tortosa, SpainOctober 25
20.Benet Domènech Bonet & 2 Companions6 November 2021Manresa, SpainNovember 6
21.Jan Franciszek Macha20 November 2021Katowice, PolandDecember 2

2022

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of BeatificationPresided byFeast Day
1.Rutilio Grande García22 January 2022San Salvador, El SalvadorCardinal Gregorio Rosa ChávezMarch 12
2.Manuel Solórzano
3.Nelson Lemus
4.Cosma SpessottoJune 10
5.Cayetano Giménez Martín & 15 Companions26 February 2022Granada, SpainCardinal Marcello SemeraroNovember 6
6.Armida Barelli30 April 2022Milan, ItalyNovember 19
7.Mario CiceriJune 14
8.Antonia Luzmila Rivas López7 May 2022La Florida, PeruCardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras CardozoSeptember 26
9.Pauline Jaricot22 May 2022Lyon, FranceCardinal Luis Antonio TagleJanuary 9
10.Luigi Lenzini28 May 2022Modena, ItalyCardinal Marcello SemeraroJuly 21
11.Leonard Melki4 June 2022Bqennaya, LebanonJune 10
12.Thomas Saleh
13.Maria Magdalena Jahn & 9 Companions11 June 2022Wrocław, PolandMay 11
14.Angel Marina Álvarez & 19 Companions18 June 2022Almería, SpainNovember 6
15.Juan Aguilar Donis & 5 Companions
16.Isabel Sánchez Romero
17.Pedro Ortiz de Zárate2 July 2022San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, ArgentinaOctober 27
18.Giovanni Antonio Solinas
19.Johann Philipp Jeningen16 July 2022Ellwangen, GermanyCardinal Jean-Claude HollerichFebruary 8
20.Pope John Paul I4 September 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican CityPope FrancisAugust 26
21.Maria Costanza Panas9 October 2022Fabriano, ItalyCardinal Marcello SemeraroMay 28
22.Giuseppe Bernardi16 October 2022Boves, ItalySeptember 19
23.Mario Ghibaudo
24.Vicente Nicasio Renuncio Toribio & 11 Companions22 October 2022Madrid, SpainNovember 6
25.Benigna Cardoso da Silva24 October 2022Crato, BrazilCardinal Leonardo Ulrich SteinerOctober 24
26.Ana Julia Duque Heckner29 October 2022Medellín, ColombiaCardinal Marcello SemeraroJuly 24
27.Fiorina Cecchin5 November 2022Meru, KenyaCardinal Antoine KambandaNovember 13
28.Giuseppe Ambrosoli20 November 2022Kalongo, UgandaArchbishop Luigi BiancoJuly 28
29.Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos10 December 2022Barbacena, BrazilCardinal Raymundo Damasceno AssisSeptember 1

2023

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of BeatificationPresided byFeast Day
1.Henri-Mathieu Planchat & 4 Companions22 April 2023Paris, FranceCardinal Marcello SemeraroMay 26
2.Maria Concepción Barrecheguren García6 May 2023Granada, SpainMay 13
3.Jacinto VeraMontevideo, UruguayCardinal Paulo Cezar CostaMay 6
4.Elisabetta Martinez25 June 2023Lecce, ItalyCardinal Marcello SemeraroFebruary 8
5.Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children10 September 2023Markowa, PolandJuly 7
6.Giuseppe Beotti30 September 2023Piacenza, ItalyJuly 20
7.Manuel González-Serna Rodríguez & 19 Companions18 November 2023Seville, SpainNovember 6
8.Eduardo Francisco Pironio16 December 2023Luján, ArgentinaCardinal Fernando Vérgez AlzagaFebruary 4

2024

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Presided byFeast Day
1.Guy de Montpellier18 May 2024Vatican City (equipollent beatification)Pope FrancisFebruary 7
2.Giuseppe Rossi26 May 2024Novara, ItalyCardinal Marcello SemeraroFebruary 26
3.Michał Rapacz15 June 2024Kraków, PolandMay 12
4.Esţfān al-Dwayhī2 August 2024Bkerké, LebanonMay 3
5.Luigi Carrara & 3 Companions18 August 2024Uvira, Democratic Republic of the CongoCardinal Fridolin Ambongo BesunguNovember 28

Upcoming beatifications

2024

30 August 2024, Šaštín-Stráže, Slovakia

14 September 2024, Mexico City, Mexico

29 September 2024, Brussels, Belgium

9 November 2024, Seville, Spain

16 November 2024, Shkodër, Albania

17 November 2024, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

2025

12 January 2025, Rome, Italy

26 April 2025, Veszprém, Hungary

17 May 2025, Chambéry, France

31 May 2025, Braniewo, Poland

To be determined

Notes

Later canonized on 16 October 2016.

Later canonized on 14 October 2018.

Later canonized on 15 May 2022.

Later canonized on 11 February 2024.

Later canonized in 2025.

Postponed for reconsideration.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vatican postpones Fulton Sheen beatification. 4 December 2019. The Tablet. 25 July 2024.