List of people beatified by Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II beatified 1,344 people. 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, and not necessarily the birthplaces or homelands of the beatified. As of July 2025, 199 would be subsequently canonized, of which Pope John Paul II himself presided over the canonizations of 96 of these same individuals. All of the beatifications listed have taken place within St. Peter's Square or St. Peter's Basilica, unless stated otherwise. January

25 January 1983 at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy Maria Gabriella Sagheddu (1914–1939)

17 January 1995 at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Peter To Rot (1912–1945) (canonized in 19 October 2025)

19 January 1995 at the Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia Mary MacKillop (1842–1909) (canonized on 17 October 2010)

21 January 1995 at the Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka Joseph Vaz (1651–1711) (canonized on 14 January 2015)

29 January 1995 Domenico Mazzarella (1802–1854) Grimoaldo Santamaria (1883–1902) Rafael Guízar Valencia (1878–1938) (canonized on 15 October 2006) Genoveva Torres Morales (1870–1956) (canonized on 4 May 2003)

February 24 February 1979 (confirmation of cult) at the Apostolic Palace Margareta Ebner (ca. 1291–1351)

18 February 1981 at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines 16 Martyrs of Japan (+1633–1637) (canonized on 18 October 1987)

19 February 1984 Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi (1826–1855) Guillaume Repin & 98 Companions (+1794)

1 February 1985 in Guayaquil, Ecuador Mercedes de Jesús Molina (1828–1883)

2 February 1985 in Arequipa, Peru Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo (1602–1686)

8 February 1986 at the Nahru Stadium in Kottayam, India Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805–1871) (canonized on 23 November 2014) Alphonsa Muttathupadathu (1910–1946) (canonized on 12 October 2008)

March 29 March 1987 Emmanuel Domingo y Sol (1836–1909) María Pilar Martínez García & 2 Companions (+1936) Marcelo Spinola y Maestre (1835–1906)

20 March 1993 Dina Bélanger (1897–1929) Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308) (cult confirmed on 6 July 1991)

17 March 1996 Daniel Comboni (1831–1881) (canonized on 5 October 2003) Guido Maria Conforti (1865–1931) (canonized on 23 October 2011)

15 March 1998 Brigida Morello Zancano (1610–1679) Carmen Sallés y Barangueras (1848–1911) (canonized on 21 October 2012) Eugene Bossilkov (1900–1952)

22 March 1998 at Oba, Nigeria Cyprian Iwene Tansi (1903–1964)

7 March 1999 Anna Schäffer (1882–1925) (canonized on 21 October 2012) Nicholas Barré (1621–1686) Vicente Soler Munárriz & 7 Companions (+1936)

5 March 2000 Andrew of Phu Yen (1624–1644) Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung (1895–1944) Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek (+1943) Martyrs of Natal (+1645) (canonized on 15 October 2017) Pedro Calungsod (1654–1672) (canonized on 21 October 2012)

11 March 2001 233 Spanish Martyrs (+1936–1939)

23 March 2003 László Batthyány-Strattmann (1870–1931) Maria Josefa Karolina Brader (1860–1943) Pierre Bonhomme (1806–1861) Juana María Condesa Lluch (1862–1916) María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña (1848–1918)

21 March 2004 Maria Candida of the Eucharist (1884–1949) Tomasa Ortiz Real (1842–1916) Matilde of the Sacred Heart (1841–1902) Luigi Talamoni (1848–1926)

April 29 April 1979 Francisco Coll Guitart (1812–1875) (canonized on 11 October 2009) Jacques-Désiré Laval (1803–1864)

14 April 1985 Pauline Mallinckrodt (1817–1881) Maria Caterina Troiani (1813–1887)

3 April 1987 at the O'Higgins Park in Santiago, Chile Teresa of Los Andes (1900–1920) (canonized on 21 March 1993)

17 April 1988 Giovanni Calabria (1873–1954) (canonized on 18 April 1999) Giuseppe Nascimbeni (1851–1922)

24 April 1988 Pietro Bonilli (1841–1935) Francisco Palau (1811–1872) Savina Petrilli (1851–1923) Kaspar Stanggassinger (1871–1899)

23 April 1989 Maria Anna Rosa Caiani (1863–1921) Martin Lumbreras Peralta (1598–1632) Melchor Sánchez Pérez (1599–1632) Franciszka Siedliska (1842–1902) Catherine of St. Augustine (1632–1668)

30 April 1989 in Antananarivo, Madagascar Victoire Rasoamanarivo (1828–1894)

9 April 1990 (confirmation of cult) at the Apostolic Palace

Juan Diego (1474–1548) (later solemnized on 9 April 1990, canonized on 31 July 2002)

29 April 1990 Filippo Rinaldi (1856–1931) Martyrs of Turon (+1934) (canonized on 21 November 1999) Innocencio of Mary Immaculate (1887–1934) (canonized on 21 November 1999) Maria Mercedes Prat (1890–1936) Jaime Hilario Barbal (1898–1937) (canonized on 21 November 1999)

21 April 1991 Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti (1800–1882) Dina Bosatta (1858–1887) Marie Thérèse Haze (1782–1876)

18 April 1993 Ludovico of Casoria (1814–1885) (canonized on 23 November 2014) Angela Truszkowska (1825–1899) Mary Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938) (canonized on 30 April 2000) Stanisław Kazimierczyk (1433–1489) (cult confirmed on 21 December 1992, canonized on 17 October 2010) Paula Montal Fornés (1799–1889) (canonized on 25 November 2001)

24 April 1994 Gianna Beretta Molla (1922–1962) (canonized on 16 May 2004) Elisabeth Canori Mora (1774–1825) Isidore Bakanja (ca. 1887–1909)

30 April 1995 in Trento, Italy Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim (1777–1860)

9 April 2000 Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870–1957) (canonized on 5 June 2016) Francis Xavier Seelos (1819–1867) Maria Theresa Chiramel (1876–1926) (canonized on 13 October 2019) Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos (1845–1926) Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo (1831–1900)

29 April 2001 Manuel González y García (1877–1940) (canonized on 16 October 2016) Marie Anne Blondin (1809–1890) Caterina Cittadini (1801–1857) (canonized on 26 April 2009) Caterina Volpicelli (1839–1894) Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago (1918–1963)

14 April 2002 María del Tránsito Cabanillas (1821–1885) Gaetano Errico (1791–1860) (canonized on 12 October 2008) Lodovico Pavoni (1784–1849) (canonized on 16 October 2016) Maria Romero Meneses (1902–1977) Luigi Variara (1875–1923) Artémides Zatti (1880–1951) (canonized on 9 October 2022)

27 April 2003 James Alberione (1884–1971) Marco d'Aviano (1631–1699) Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception (1856–1906) (canonized on 17 May 2015) Maria Domenica Mantovani (1862–1934) (canonized on 15 May 2022) Eugenia Maria Ravasco (1845–1900) Giulia Salzano (1846–1929) (canonized on 17 October 2010)

25 April 2004 August Czartoryski (1858–1893) Alexandrina Maria da Costa (1904–1955) María Guadalupe García Zavala (1878–1963) (canonized on 12 May 2013) Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena (1874–1949) (canonized on 12 May 2013) Eusebia Palomino Yenes (1899–1935) Giulia Valle (1847–1916)

May

31 May 1979 (concession of Mass) at the Apostolic Palace Jadwiga of Poland (1374–1399) (canonized on 8 June 1997)

23 May 1982 André Bessette (1845–1937) (canonized on 17 October 2010) Maria Angela Astorch (1592–1665) Anne-Marie Rivier (1768–1838) (canonized on 15 May 2022) Marie Rose Durocher (1811–1849) Peter Donders (1807–1887)

15 May 1983 Luigi Versiglia (1873–1930) (canonized on 1 October 2000) Callistus Caravario (1903–1930) (canonized on 1 October 2000)

1 May 1987 at the Stadion Köln-Müngersdorf in Cologne, Germany Edith Stein (1891–1942) (canonized on 11 October 1998)

3 May 1987 at the Münchener Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany Rupert Mayer (1876–1945)

10 May 1987 Andrea Carlo Ferrari (1850–1921) Pierre-François Jamet (1762–1845) Louis-Zéphirin Moreau (1824–1901) Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello (1791–1858) (canonized on 19 May 2002)

2 May 1989 at Saint Denis in Réunion Jean-Bernard Rousseau (1797–1867)

6 May 1990 at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico Jose Maria de Yermo y Parres (1851–1904) (canonized on 21 May 2000) Juan Diego (1474–1548) (cult confirmed on 9 April 1990, canonized on 31 July 2002) Cristobal, Antonio and Juan (+1527–1529) (canonized on 15 October 2017)

20 May 1990 Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1925) (canonized on 7 September 2025)

17 May 1992 Josephine Bakhita (ca. 1869–1947) (canonized on 1 October 2000) Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975) (canonized on 6 October 2002)

16 May 1993 Marie Louise Trichet (1684–1759) Florida Cevoli (1685–1767) Colomba Matylda Gabriel (1858–1926) Maurice Tornay (1910–1949)

7 May 1995 Agostino Roscelli (1818–1902) (canonized on 10 June 2001) Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini (1789–1868) Helena Stollenwerk (1852–1900) Giuseppina Gabriela Bonino (1843–1906) Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo (1875–1967)

12 May 1996 Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (1880–1954) Candida Maria of Jesus (1845–1912) (canonized on 17 October 2010) Filippo Smaldone (1848–1923) (canonized on 15 October 2006) Januarius Maria Sarnelli (1702–1744) María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui (1898–1919) Maria Raffaella Cimatti (1861–1945)

4 May 1997 Ceferino Giménez Malla (1861–1936) Enrico Rebuschini (1860–1938) Florentino Asensio Barroso (1877–1936) Gaetano Catanoso (1879–1963) (canonized on 23 October 2005) Maria Vicenta Rosal (1820–1886)

10 May 1998 Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez (1853–1936) Francisca Aldea Araujo (1881–1936) María Sagrario Moragas Cantarero (1881–1936) María Gabriela Hinojosa Naveros & 6 Companions (+1936) María de las Maravillas de Jesús (1891–1974) (canonized on 4 May 2003) Nimattullah Kassab (1808–1858) (canonized on 16 May 2004)

23 May 1998 in Vercelli, Italy Secondo Pollo (1908–1941)

24 May 1998 in Turin, Italy Giovanni Maria Boccardo (1848–1913) Teresa Grillo Michel (1855–1944) Teresa Bracco (1924–1944)

2 May 1999 Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968) (canonized on 16 June 2002)

13 May 2000 at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima, Portugal Francisco Marto (1908–1919) (canonized on 13 May 2017) Jacinta Marto (1910–1920) (canonized on 13 May 2017)

9 May 2001 at the "Granaries" of Floriana in Malta George Preca (1880–1962) (canonized on 3 June 2007) Nazju Falzon (1813–1865) Maria Adeodata Pisani (1806–1855)

26 May 2002 at the Central Plaza in Plovdiv, Bulgaria Kamen Vitchev (1893–1952) Pavel Djidjov (1919–1952) Josaphat Chichkov (1884–1952)

June 22 June 1980 Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680) (canonized on 21 October 2012) François de Montmorency-Laval (1623–1708) (canonized on 3 April 2014) José de Anchieta (1534–1597) (canonized on 3 April 2014) Marie Guyart of the Incarnation (1599–1672) (canonized on 3 April 2014) Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur (1626–1667) (canonized on 30 July 2002)

20 June 1983 in Poznań, Poland Ursula Ledóchowska (1865–1939) (canonized on 18 May 2003)

22 June 1983 in Krakow, Poland Raphael Kalinowski (1835–1907) (canonized on 17 November 1991) Albert Chmielowski (1845–1916) (canonized on 12 November 1989)

23 June 1985 Benedict Menni (1841–1914) (canonized on 21 November 1999) Peter Friedhofen (1819–1860)

10 June 1987 in Tarnow, Poland Karolina Kózka (1898–1914)

14 June 1987 in Wielkopolskie, Poland Michał Kozal (1893–1943)

28 June 1987 Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (1871–1927)

18 June 1989 Antonio Lucci (1681–1752) Maria Elisabetta Renzi (1786–1859)

2 June 1991 in Rzeszów, Poland Józef Sebastian Pelczar (1842–1924) (canonized on 18 May 2003)

5 June 1991 at the Aeroclub of Bialystok in Bialystok, Poland Bolesława Lament (1862–1946)

9 June 1991 at the Plaza of Agricola Park in Warsaw, Poland Melchor Chyliński (1694–1741)

21 June 1992 at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Fountain in Bergamo, Italy Francesco Spinelli (1853–1913) (canonized on 14 October 2018)

4 June 1995 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels, Belgium Damien De Veuster (1840–1889) (canonized on 11 October 2009)

23 June 1996 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875–1943) Karl Leisner (1915–1945)

6 June 1997 in Zakopane, Poland Bernardyna Maria Jabłońska (1878–1940) Maria Karłowska (1865–1935)

21 June 1998