In the Catholic Church, Servant of God is the style used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to canonisation as a saint.[1]
The term is used in the first of the four steps in the canonization process. The next step is being declared Venerable, upon a decree of heroism or martyrdom by the honored. That is followed by beatification, with the title of Blessed. After the confirmation of miracles resulting from the intercession of the honored, the final step is canonization, where the honored would receive the title of Saint.
The following is an incomplete list of people currently declared to be a Servant of God. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname or the place or attribute part of the name.
| width=250 | Servant of God | width=100 | Year of death | width=150 | Year declared Servant of God | Notes / References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 2018 | Swiss theologian and physician | ||||
| 1329 | ||||||
| 1968 | 1996 | |||||
| 1961 | 1991 | |||||
| 1926 | 2000 | |||||
| Anita Moreno | 1977 | 2018 | Panamanian laywoman[2] | |||
| 2015 | 2022 | Pakistani security guard and martyr | ||||
| 1963 | 2009 | |||||
| 1648 | 2015 | |||||
| 1566 | 2002 | |||||
| 1964 | 2006 | |||||
| 1730 | 1755 | |||||
| 1950 | 2017 | [3] | ||||
| 1941 | 2015 | |||||
| 1839 | 2005 | First Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana and spiritual director to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | ||||
| 1857 | Spanish bishop | |||||
| 1971 | 2013 | |||||
| 1965 | 2009 | Roman Catholic politician | ||||
| 1985 | 2000 | |||||
| 1731 | 1999 | |||||
| 1975 | Swiss theologian and cardinal | |||||
| 2012 | 2018 | |||||
| 1934 | 2022 | Professed priest | ||||
| Dalisay Lazaga | 1971 | 2012 | ||||
| 2012 | 2019 | Street child, Duchenne muscular dystrophy | ||||
| 1840 | 2005 | Russian aristocrat, founder of Loretto, Pennsylvania | ||||
| 1732 | 1999 | |||||
| 1940 | 2002 | Japanese priest and missionary | ||||
| 1980 | 2000 | |||||
| 1948 | 2012 | |||||
| 1921 | 2018 | Co-founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor | ||||
| 1952 | 2001 | |||||
| 1914 | 1934 | |||||
| 1794 | 1953 | martyred during French Revolution | ||||
| Eliswa Vakayil | 1831 | 2008 | ||||
| 1951 | 1993 | U.S. Army Chaplain during the Korean War | ||||
| 1929 | 2020 | mother of Pope John Paul II[4] | ||||
| 1999 | 2010 | |||||
| 1967 | 1997 | First Superior General of the Society of Christian Doctrine (M.U.S.E.U.M.) | ||||
| 1942 | 2003 | martyred in Schloss Hartheim[5] | ||||
| 1985 | 2017 | Italian missionary priest martyred in Brazil | ||||
| Ferdinando Casagrande | 1944 | 1998 | martyred in Marzabotto | |||
| 2008 | 2021 | |||||
| 1999 | 2005 | Brazilian mystic | ||||
| 1894 | 2020 | King of the Two Sicilies | ||||
| 1952 | ||||||
| 1948 | 1951 | |||||
| 1908 | Archbishop of Paris | |||||
| 1980 | 1996 | |||||
| 1953 | 2007 | |||||
| George Vakayil | 1931 | 2013 | Indian priest[6] [7] | |||
| Gerard Raymond | 1932 | 1968 | French-Canadian seminarian | |||
| Gordon Anthony Pantin | 2000 | 2013 | Archbishop of Port of Spain[8] | |||
| 2017 | 2024 | Polish missionary[9] | ||||
| 1633 | 1933 (redeclared 2010) | |||||
| 1988 | 2018 | Swiss theologian and priest | ||||
| 1999 | 2015 | Archbishop of Olinda e Recife and cofounder of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil | ||||
| 1241 | 2015 | |||||
| Henryk Szuman | 1939 | 2003 | martyred in Bydgoszcz[10] | |||
| Ida Mari | 1981 | |||||
| 1888 | 2008 | |||||
| 1504 | 1974 | |||||
| 2016 | 2017 | French Catholic priest, killed in an attack, qualified as a martyr by Christians including Pope Francis. | ||||
| 1701 | 1734 | Jacobite claimant to the throne of England | ||||
| 1985 | 1994 | German priest | ||||
| 1947 | 1953 | Brazilian Permanent deacon | ||||
| 2000 | 2002 | |||||
| John Peter Savarinayagam | 1979 | 2019 | Capuchin Priest | |||
| 1940 | 1994 | |||||
| 1907 | 2012 | Professed priest and founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the DOLSH Congregation | ||||
| 1999 | 2005 | First President of Tanzania | ||||
| 1941 | 2020 | father of Pope John Paul II | ||||
| 2007 | 2020 | Brazilian Dehonian priest | ||||
| 2006 | 2014 | Bishop of Mariana | ||||
| 2005 | 2012 | |||||
| 1987 | predecessor to Oscar Romero | |||||
| 1549 | 2015 | [11] | ||||
| 1947 | 2006 | |||||
| Madeleine Delbrêl | 1964 | 2018 | ||||
| 1911 | 1942 | |||||
| 1959 | 1997 | |||||
| 2004 | 2010 | |||||
| Marie Gertrude Gros | 1905 | 2012 | ||||
| 1969 | 2011 | Martyred for defending her chastity[12] | ||||
| 1969 | 1994 | |||||
| 1914 | 2009 | |||||
| 1980 | 1998 | Bishop of Alba Iulia; declared Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1999. | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | |||||
| 1610 | 1984 (redeclared 2010) | |||||
| 2003 | 2010 | The first cardinal of Kenya | ||||
| Michelle Duppong | 2015 | 2022 | FOCUS Missionary[13] | |||
| Moises Crespo Gonzalez | 1980 | 2015 | Panamanian Augustinian Priest[14] | |||
| Leonia Nastał | 1940 | 2016 | Polish nun[15] | |||
| Patrick Ryan | 1878 | 2016 | ||||
| 1991 | 2018 | Spanish Basque Jesuit priest and first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima | ||||
| 1939 | 1994 | |||||
| 1823 | 2007 | |||||
| 1875 | 2005 | |||||
| 1930 | 1953 | |||||
| Raymond FC Mascarenhas | 1960 | 2008 | ||||
| Reynolds Purackal | 1988 | 2010 | ||||
| 1968 | 2017 | |||||
| 1992 | 2014 | Uruguayan Streetwise priest | ||||
| 2011 | 2024 | Priest and Founder of the Marian Movement of Priests | ||||
| 1943 | 2001 | |||||
| 1991 | 1998 | Martyred for defending her chastity[16] | ||||
| 1756 | 2017 | Guarani Leader[17] | ||||
| 2011 | 2016 | Pakistani politician | ||||
| 1939 | 1994 | |||||
| 1983 | 1992 | Archbishop of New York and Cardinal | ||||
| 1974 | 2008 | |||||
| 1937 | 1990 | |||||
| 1962 | 2005 | German mystic | ||||
| 1988 | 2011 | |||||
| 1989 | Swiss engineer and founder of the Limmat Foundation | |||||
| 1946 | 2014 | |||||
| Ubaldo Marchioni | 1944 | 1998 | Martyred in Marzabotto | |||
| 1967 | 2006 | A United States Navy Chaplain who was killed in the line of duty | ||||
| 1878 | 1994 | Bishop of Olinda | ||||
| Vivian Uchechi Ogu | 1995 | 2009 | Martyred for defending her chastity[18] | |||
| 1984 | 1990 | |||||
| 1943 | 2017 | |||||
| 1942 | 1999 | |||||
| 2010 | 2015 | Brazilian Brazilian physician and philanthropist | ||||