List of people beatified by Pope Benedict XVI explained
Pope Benedict XVI beatified 870 people. The names listed below are from the Vatican 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.
2005
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Presided by |
|---|
| 1. | Marianne Cope | May 14, 2005 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 2. | Ascensión Nicol Goñi |
| 3. | Władysław Findysz | June 19, 2005 | Warsaw, Poland | Cardinal Józef Glemp |
| 4. | Ignacy Kłopotowski |
| 5. | Bronisław Markiewicz |
| 6. | Clemens August Graf von Galen | October 9, 2005 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 7. | Ángela Ginard Martí | October 29, 2005 |
| 8. | Joseph Tàpies Sirvant & 6 Companions |
| 9. | Eurosia Fabris | November 6, 2005 | Vicenza, Italy |
| 10. | Charles de Foucauld | November 13, 2005 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| 11. | Maria Crocifissa Curcio |
| 12. | Maria Pia Mastena |
| 13. | Anacleto González Flores & 7 Companions | November 20, 2005 | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| 14. | José Trinidad Rangel Montaño & 2 Companions |
| 15. | José Sánchez del Río |
| 16. | Darío Acosta Zurita | |
2006
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Presided by |
|---|
| 1. | Teodora Fracasso | March 18, 2006 | Bari, Italy | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 2. | Luigi Biraghi | April 30, 2006 | Milan, Italy |
| 3. | Luigi Monza |
| 4. | Thevarparampil Kunjachan | Ramapuram, Kerala, India | Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil |
| 5. | Maria Teresa of St. Joseph | May 13, 2006 | Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands | Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis |
| 6. | Maria Grazia Tarallo | May 14, 2006 | Naples, Italy | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 7. | Rita Lopes de Almeida | May 28, 2006 | Viseu, Portugal |
| 8. | Eustáquio van Lieshout | June 15, 2006 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| 9. | Mosè Tovini | September 17, 2006 | Brescia, Italy |
| 10. | Sára Salkaházi | Budapest, Hungary | Cardinal Péter Erdő |
| 11. | Maria Scrilli | October 8, 2006 | Fiesole, Italy | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 12. | María Pilar López de Maturana Ortiz de Zárate | October 22, 2006 | Bilbao, Spain |
| 13. | Paul Joseph Nardini | Speyer, Germany | Cardinal Friedrich Wetter |
| 14. | Mariano de la Mata | November 5, 2006 | São Paulo, Brazil | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 15. | Euphrasia Eluvathingal | December 3, 2006 | Kerala, India | Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil | |
2007
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Presided by |
|---|
| 1. | Luigi Boccardo | April 14, 2007 | Turin, Italy | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 2. | Costanza Starace | April 15, 2007 | Naples, Italy |
| 3. | Francesco Spoto | April 21, 2007 | Palermo, Sicily, Italy | Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi |
| 4. | Bruna Pellesi | April 29, 2007 | Rimini, Italy | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 5. | María del Carmen González-Ramos García-Prieto de Muñoz | May 6, 2007 | Málaga, Spain |
| 6. | Carlo Liviero | May 27, 2007 | Città di Castello, Italy | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 7. | Basile Moreau | September 15, 2007 | Le Mans, France |
| 8. | Jeanne-Germaine Castang | September 16, 2007 | Bordeaux, Gironde, France |
| 9. | Stanislaus Papczyński | Licheń Stary, Poland | Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone |
| 10. | Maria Merkert | September 30, 2007 | Nysa, Poland | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 11. | Albertina Berkenbrock | October 20, 2007 | Tubarão, Brazil |
| 12. | Manuel Gómez González | October 21, 2007 | Frederico Westphalen, Brazil |
| 13. | Adílio Daronch |
| 14. | Franz Jägerstätter | October 26, 2007 | Linz, Austria |
| 15. | Celine Borzecka | October 27, 2007 | Rome, Italy |
| 16. | 498 Spanish Martyrs | October 28, 2007 | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City |
| 17. | Ceferino Namuncurá | November 11, 2007 | Chimpay, Río Negro, Argentina | Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone |
| 18. | Antonio Rosmini | November 18, 2007 | Novara, Italy | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 19. | Lindalva Justo de Oliveira | December 2, 2007 | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | |
2008
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Presided by |
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| 1. | Giuseppina Nicoli | February 3, 2008 | Cagliari, Italy | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 2. | Maria Anna Donati | March 30, 2008 | Florence, Italy |
| 3. | Candlemas of San José | April 27, 2008 | Caracas, Venezuela |
| 4. | Caterina Sordini | May 3, 2008 | Rome, Italy |
| 5. | Margaretha Flesch | May 4, 2008 | Trier, Germany | Cardinal Joachim Meisner |
| 6. | Marta Anna Wiecka | May 24, 2008 | Lviv, Ukraine | Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone |
| 7. | Giuseppina Catanea | June 1, 2008 | Naples, Italy | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 8. | Khalīl al-Haddād | June 22, 2008 | Beirut, Lebanon |
| 9. | Hendrina Stenmanns | June 29, 2008 | Limburg, Netherlands |
| 9. | Luigia Poloni | September 21, 2008 | Verona, Italy | Archbishop Angelo Amato |
| 10. | Michael Sopocko | September 28, 2008 | Białystok, Poland |
| 11. | Francesco Bonifacio | October 4, 2008 | Trieste, Italy |
| 12. | Francesco Pianzola | Vigevano, Pavia, Italy | Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
| 13. | Louis Martin | October 19, 2008 | Lisieux, France |
| 14. | Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin |
| 15. | Petrus Kibe Kasui & 187 Companions | November 24, 2008 | Nagasaki, Japan |
| 16. | José Olallo Valdés | November 29, 2008 | Camagüey, Cuba | |
2009
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Presided by |
|---|
| 1. | Raphaël Rafiringa | June 7, 2009 | Antananarivo, Madagascar | Archbishop Angelo Amato |
| 2. | Émilie de Villeneuve | July 5, 2009 | Castres, France |
| 3. | Joseph Kugler | October 4, 2009 | Regensburg, Germany |
| 4. | Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás | October 18, 2009 | Toledo, Spain |
| 5. | Carlo Gnocchi | October 25, 2009 | Milan, Italy |
| 6. | Zoltán Meszlényi | October 31, 2009 | Budapest, Hungary |
| 7. | Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas | November 22, 2009 | Nazareth, Israel | |
2010
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Presided by |
|---|
| 1. | Josep Samsó Elías | January 23, 2010 | Barcelona, Spain | Archbishop Angelo Amato |
| 2. | Bernardo de Hoyos | April 18, 2010 | Valladolid, Spain |
| 3. | Angelo Paoli | April 25, 2010 | Rome, Italy |
| 4. | Josep Tous Soler | Barcelona, Spain | Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone |
| 5. | Teresa Manganiello | May 22, 2010 | Benevento, Italy | Archbishop Angelo Amato |
| 6. | Maria Pierina | May 30, 2010 | Rome, Italy |
| 7. | Jerzy Popiełuszko | June 6, 2010 | Warsaw, Poland |
| 8. | Manuel Lozano Garrido | June 12, 2010 | Linares, Jaén, Spain |
| 9. | Lojze Grozde | June 13, 2010 | Celje, Slovenia | Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone |
| 10. | Stephen Nehmé | June 27, 2010 | Kfifan, Lebanon | Archbishop Angelo Amato |
| 11. | Leopold of Alpandeire | September 12, 2010 | Armilla, Spain |
| 12. | María de la Purísima Salvat Romero | September 18, 2010 | Seville, Spain |
| 13. | John Henry Newman | September 19, 2010 | Birmingham, England | Pope Benedict XVI |
| 14. | Gerhard Hirschfelder | Münster, Germany | Cardinal Joachim Meisner |
| 15. | Chiara Badano | September 25, 2010 | Rome, Italy | Archbishop Angelo Amato |
| 16. | Anna Maria Adorni Botti | October 3, 2010 | Parma, Italy |
| 17. | Alfonsa Clerici | October 23, 2010 | Vercelli, Italy |
| 18. | Szilárd Bogdánffy | October 30, 2010 | Oradea, Romania |
| 19. | Barbara Maix | November 6, 2010 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri | |
2011
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Presided by |
|---|
| 1. | Pope John Paul II | May 1, 2011 | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City | Pope Benedict XVI |
| 2. | Giustino Russolillo | May 7, 2011 | Naples, Italy | Cardinal Angelo Amato |
| 3. | Georg Häfner | May 15, 2011 | Würzburg, Germany |
| 4. | Maria Clara of the Child Jesus | May 21, 2011 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 5. | Irmã Dulce Pontes | May 22, 2011 | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo |
| 6. | Clotilde Micheli | May 28, 2011 | Faicchio, Benevento, Italy | Cardinal Angelo Amato |
| 7. | Juan de Palafox y Mendoza | June 5, 2011 | El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain |
| 8. | Alojs Andritzki | June 13, 2011 | Dresden, Germany |
| 9. | Marguerite Rutan | June 19, 2011 | Dax, Landes, France |
| 10. | Johannes Prassek | June 25, 2011 | Lübeck, Germany |
| 11. | Eduard Müller |
| 12. | Hermann Lange |
| 13. | Serafino Morazzone | June 26, 2011 | Milan, Italy |
| 14. | Enrichetta Alfieri |
| 15. | |
| 16. | János Scheffler | July 3, 2011 | Satu Mare, Romania |
| 17. | Elena Aiello | September 14, 2011 | Cosenza, Italy |
| 18. | Francesco Paleari | September 17, 2011 | Turin, Italy |
| 19. | Maria Jula Ivanišević & 4 Companions | September 24, 2011 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 20. | Antonia Maria Verna | October 2, 2011 | Ivrea, Turin, Italy | Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone |
| 21. | Anna Maria Janer Anglarill | October 8, 2011 | Urgell, Lleida, Spain | Cardinal Angelo Amato |
| 22. | María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray | October 29, 2011 | Madrid, Spain |
| 23. | Carl Lampert | November 13, 2011 | Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria |
| 24. | Francisco Esteban Lacal & 21 Companions | December 17, 2011 | Madrid, Spain | |
2012
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Presided by |
|---|
| 1. | Hildegard Burjan | January 29, 2012 | Vienna, Austria | Cardinal Angelo Amato |
| 2. | Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa | April 21, 2012 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 3. | Giuseppe Toniolo | April 29, 2012 | Rome, Italy | Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi |
| 4. | | Coutances, France | Cardinal Angelo Amato |
| 5. | Marie-Louise-Élisabeth de Lamoignon de Molé de Champlâtreux | May 27, 2012 | Vannes, Morbihan, France |
| 6. | Alcide-Vital Lataste | June 3, 2012 | Besançon, France |
| 7. | Cecilia Eusepi | June 17, 2012 | Nepi, Viterbo, Italy |
| 8. | Mariano Arciero | June 24, 2012 | Terme, Italy |
| 9. | Louis Brisson | September 22, 2012 | Troyes, France |
| 10. | Gabriele Allegra | September 29, 2012 | Catania, Sicily, Italy |
| 11. | Bedřich Bachstein & 13 Companions | October 13, 2012 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 12. | Gertrude Prosperi | November 10, 2012 | Perugia, Italy |
| 13. | María Angélica Pérez | November 17, 2012 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 14. | Maria Troncatti | November 24, 2012 | Macas, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador |
| 15. | Devasahayam Pillai | December 2, 2012 | Tamil Nadu, Nagercoil, India | |
Notes
Later canonized on 21 October 2012.
Later canonized on 27 April 2014.
Later canonized on 23 November 2014.
Later canonized on 17 May 2015.
Later canonized on 18 October 2015.
Later canonized on 5 June 2016.
Later canonized on 16 October 2016.
Later canonized on 13 October 2019.
Later canonized on 15 May 2022.
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