List of saints canonized in the 21st century explained

This article contains a full list of the saints canonized in the 21st century. (2000-2100) These saints have received recognition as saint (through canonization) by the following popes of the Roman Catholic Church:

Canonized by St. John Paul II

The following are saints canonized by St. (Pope) John Paul II from 20012005:

SaintDate of CanonizationPlace of Canonization
Luigi Scrosoppi[1] 10 June 2001St. Peter's Basilica
Agostino Roscelli10 June 2001St. Peter's Basilica
Bernard of Corleone10 June 2001St. Peter's Basilica
Ignazia Verzeri10 June 2001St. Peter's Basilica
Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès10 June 2001St. Peter's Basilica
Joseph Marello25 November 2001St. Peter's Basilica
Paula Montal Fornés25 November 2001St. Peter's Basilica
Maria Crescentia Höss25 November 2001St. Peter's Basilica
Leonie Aviat25 November 2001St. Peter's Basilica
Alonso de Orozco Mena19 May 2002St. Peter's Basilica
Ignatius of Santhià19 May 2002St. Peter's Basilica
Humilis de Bisignano19 May 2002St. Peter's Basilica
Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello19 May 2002St. Peter's Basilica
Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus19 May 2002St. Peter's Basilica
Pio of Pietrelcina[2] 16 June 2002St. Peter's Basilica
Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur30 July 2002Guatemala City
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin31 July 2002Mexico City
Josemaría Escrivá6 October 2002St. Peter's Basilica
Pedro Poveda Castroverde4 May 2003Madrid
José María Rubio y Peralta4 May 2003Madrid
Angela of the Cross4 May 2003Madrid
María de las Maravillas de Jesús4 May 2003Madrid
Genoveva Torres Morales4 May 2003Madrid
Virginia Centurione Bracelli18 May 2003St. Peter's Basilica
Maria De Mattias18 May 2003St. Peter's Basilica
Ursula Ledóchowska18 May 2003St. Peter's Basilica
Józef Sebastian Pelczar18 May 2003St. Peter's Basilica
Daniel Comboni5 October 2003St. Peter's Basilica
Joseph Freinademetz5 October 2003St. Peter's Basilica
Arnold Janssen5 October 2003St. Peter's Basilica
Gianna Beretta Molla16 May 2004St. Peter's Basilica
Luigi Orione16 May 2004St. Peter's Basilica
Hannibal Mary Di Francia16 May 2004St. Peter's Basilica
Joseph Manyanet i Vives16 May 2004St. Peter's Basilica
Nimatullah Kassab Al-Hardini16 May 2004St. Peter's Basilica
Paola Elisabetta Cerioli16 May 2004St. Peter's Basilica

Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI

The following are saints canonized by Pope Benedict XVI from 20052013:

SaintDate of CanonizationPlace of Canonization
Felix of Nicosia[3] 23 October 2005St. Peter's Square
Józef Bilczewski23 October 2005St. Peter's Square
Gaetano Catanoso23 October 2005St. Peter's Square
Zygmunt Gorazdowski23 October 2005St. Peter's Square
Alberto Hurtado23 October 2005St. Peter's Square
Théodore Guérin15 October 2006St. Peter's Square
Rafael Guízar Valencia15 October 2006St. Peter's Square
Filippo Smaldone15 October 2006St. Peter's Square
Rose Venerini15 October 2006St. Peter's Square
Anthony of St. Ann Galvão11 May 2007São Paulo, Brazil
Szymon of Lipnica3 June 2007St. Peter's Square
Charles of Mount Argus3 June 2007St. Peter's Square
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus3 June 2007St. Peter's Square
George Preca3 June 2007St. Peter's Square
María Bernarda Bütler12 October 2008St. Peter's Square
Gaetano Errico12 October 2008St. Peter's Square
Alphonsa Muttathupadathu12 October 2008St. Peter's Square
Narcisa de Jesús12 October 2008St. Peter's Square
Nuno Álvares Pereira26 April 2009St. Peter's Square
Geltrude Comensoli26 April 2009St. Peter's Square
Arcangelo Tadini26 April 2009St. Peter's Square
Bernardo Tolomei26 April 2009St. Peter's Square
Caterina Volpicelli26 April 2009St. Peter's Square
Rafael Arnáiz Barón11 October 2009St. Peter's Basilica
Francisco Coll Guitart11 October 2009St. Peter's Basilica
Damien De Veuster11 October 2009St. Peter's Basilica
Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński11 October 2009St. Peter's Basilica
Jeanne Jugan11 October 2009St. Peter's Basilica
André Bessette17 October 2010St. Peter's Square
Candida Maria of Jesus17 October 2010St. Peter's Square
Mary MacKillop17 October 2010St. Peter's Square
Giulia Salzano17 October 2010St. Peter's Square
Stanisław Kazimierczyk17 October 2010St. Peter's Square
Camilla Battista da Varano17 October 2010St. Peter's Square
Guido Maria Conforti23 October 2011St. Peter's Square
Luigi Guanella23 October 2011St. Peter's Square
Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro23 October 2011St. Peter's Square
Hildegard of Bingen10 May 2012n/a (equipollent)
Jacques Berthieu21 October 2012St. Peter's Square
Pedro Calungsod21 October 2012St. Peter's Square
Marianne Cope21 October 2012St. Peter's Square
Giovanni Battista Piamarta21 October 2012St. Peter's Square
María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras21 October 2012St. Peter's Square
Anna Schäffer21 October 2012St. Peter's Square
Kateri Tekakwitha21 October 2012St. Peter's Square

Canonized by Pope Francis

The following are saints canonized by Pope Francis from 20132024:

SaintDate of CanonizationPlace of Canonization
Antonio Primaldo & 812 Companions12 May 2013Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Laura Montoya Upegui12 May 2013Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala[4] 12 May 2013Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Angela of Foligno9 October 2013Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Peter Faber[5] 17 December 2013Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
José de Anchieta[6] 3 April 2014Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Marie of the Incarnation3 April 2014Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
3 April 2014Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Pope John XXIII[7] 27 April 2014Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Pope John Paul II27 April 2014Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Kuriakose Elias Chavara23 November 2014Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
23 November 2014Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Euphrasia Eluvathingal23 November 2014Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Giovanni Antonio Farina23 November 2014Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Ludovico of Casoria23 November 2014Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Amato Ronconi23 November 2014Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Joseph Vaz[8] 14 January 2015Galle Face Green, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Émilie de Villeneuve[9] 17 May 2015Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception17 May 2015Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Mariam Baouardy17 May 2015Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas17 May 2015Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Junípero Serra[10] 23 September 2015Washington, D.C., United States
Louis Martin18 October 2015Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin18 October 2015Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Vincenzo Grossi18 October 2015Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
María de la Purísima Salvat Romero18 October 2015Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Stanisław Papczyński[11] 5 June 2016Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad5 June 2016Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Teresa of Calcutta4 September 2016Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero16 October 2016Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
José Sánchez del Río16 October 2016Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Manuel González García16 October 2016Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Elizabeth of the Trinity16 October 2016Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Alfonso Maria Fusco16 October 2016Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Lodovico Pavoni16 October 2016Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Salomone Leclercq16 October 2016Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Francisco Marto13 May 2017Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fátima, Portugal
Jacinta Marto13 May 2017Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fátima, Portugal
Manuel Míguez González15 October 2017Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Luca Antonio Falcone15 October 2017Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
André de Soveral & 29 Companions15 October 2017Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Cristobal & 2 Companions15 October 2017Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Pope Paul VI[12] 14 October 2018Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez14 October 2018Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Francesco Spinelli14 October 2018Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Vincenzo Romano14 October 2018Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Katharina Kasper14 October 2018Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Ignacia Nazaria March Mesa14 October 2018Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Nunzio Sulprizio14 October 2018Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires[13] 5 July 2019Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
John Henry Newman13 October 2019Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Giuseppina Vannini13 October 2019Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan13 October 2019Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Dulce Lopes Pontes13 October 2019Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Marguerite Bays13 October 2019Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Margherita della Metola24 April 2021Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Titus Brandsma15 May 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Devasahayam Pillai15 May 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
César de Bus15 May 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Luigi Maria Palazzolo15 May 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Giustino Russolillo15 May 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Charles de Foucauld15 May 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Anne-Marie Rivier15 May 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Francesca Rubatto15 May 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Carolina Santocanale15 May 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Domenica Mantovani15 May 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Giovanni Battista Scalabrini9 October 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Artémides Zatti9 October 2022Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa[14] 11 February 2024Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Upcoming canonizations

The following are upcoming canonizations by Pope Francis:

SaintDate of CanonizationPlace of Canonization
Manuel Ruiz López & 10 Companions[15] 20 October 2024Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Marie Léonie Paradis20 October 2024Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Elena Guerra20 October 2024Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Giuseppe Allamano20 October 2024Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Pier Giorgio Frassati-- -- 2025TBD[16]
-- -- 2025TBD[17]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 10 June 2001: Feast of the Blessed Trinity - Canonization of 5 Blesseds John Paul II . 2024-08-20 . www.vatican.va.
  2. Web site: 16 June 2002, Canonization of St. Pio of Pietrelcina John Paul II . 2024-08-19 . www.vatican.va.
  3. Web site: 23 October 2005: Conclusion of the 11th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops and Year of the Eucharist and Canonization of five Blesseds BENEDICT XVI . 2024-08-19 . www.vatican.va.
  4. Salas Pino . Martha . 2022-10-11 . La madre, la monja, la escritora y la extraña: la representación femenina en América y sus mujeres de Emilia Serrano . El Palma de la Juventud . 4 . 5 . 49–66 . 10.31381/epdlj.v4i5.5128 . 2789-0813.
  5. Holt . Geoffrey . Gallwey, Peter (1820–1906), Roman Catholic priest and Jesuit . 2004-09-23 . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 10.1093/ref:odnb/33313 .
  6. Pope Francis . Pope Francis . 2014 . Pope Francis's Homily: God Walks With Saints and Sinners . The Chesterton Review . 40 . 3 . 564–566 . 10.5840/chesterton2014403/4104 . 0317-0500.
  7. Conway . Paul . January 2014 . John McCabe's Psalm-Cantata St John's, Smith Square . Tempo . 68 . 267 . 66–67 . 10.1017/s004029821300140x . 0040-2982.
  8. Wickramasinghe . Chandima SM . 2014-07-26 . Marriage, the First-Born Child and its Significance in the Social Status of Women in Classical Athens . Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities . 39 . 1–2 . 65 . 10.4038/sljh.v39i1-2.7219 . 0378-486X.
  9. Herrero Solana . Víctor . 2013-07-03 . News of CanalUGR tracked on Google News, Yahoo! News and Bing News . 2024-08-19 . Datasets. 10.30827/digibug.31174 .
  10. Weber . Francis J. . 1969-03-01 . Review: Writings of Junípero Serra. Volume IV, by Antonine Tibesar and Junípero Serra . California Historical Society Quarterly . 48 . 1 . 75–77 . 10.2307/25154333 . 25154333 . 0008-1175.
  11. TROUT . DENNIS . 2020 . Poets and Readers in Seventh-Century Rome: Pope Honorius, Lucretius, and the Doors of St. Peter's . Traditio . 75 . 39–85 . 10.1017/tdo.2020.3 . 0362-1529.
  12. Pope Benedict Xiv: Concerning Saints' Causes . Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) . Philip J. . Scarcella. 2006 . 10.2986/tren.029-0062 .
  13. Book: Gordon, Joel . Nasser's Blessed Movement . 2016-11-19 . American University in Cairo Press . 10.5743/cairo/9789774167782.001.0001 . 978-977-416-778-2.
  14. 2024-04-25 . Argentina's Milei seeks post-protest damage limitation . Emerald Expert Briefings . 10.1108/oxan-es286675 . 2633-304X.
  15. Federle . Madeline E. . Zenit . Roberto . 2024 . Physical Conditions for Droplet--Bubble Coalescence in Flotation . 2024-08-19 . dx.doi.org. 10.2139/ssrn.4853259 .
  16. Web site: Pope confirms Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized 'soon' . 2024-08-19 . Chicago Catholic .
  17. Web site: 2024-07-01 . Carlo Acutis and 14 Blesseds approved for canonization - Vatican News . 2024-08-19 . www.vaticannews.va .

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