List of saints canonized in the 20th century

List of saints canonized in the 20th century (1901–2000) are people who have received recognition as saints through canonization by the following popes of the Roman Catholic Church:

Pope Pius XI (1922–1939) Pope Pius XII (1939–1958) Pope John XXIII (1958–1963) Pope Paul VI (1963–1978) Pope John Paul II (1978–2005)

Canonized by Pope Pius XI The following are saints canonized by Pope Pius XI from 1922 to 1939: SaintDate of CanonizationPlace of CanonizationThérèse of Lisieux17 May 1925Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityPeter Canisius21 May 1925Rome, ItalyMadeleine Sophie Barat24 May 1925Marie-Madeleine PostelBogumilus27 May 1925John Vianney31 May 1925Jean EudesCatherine of Palma22 June 1930Lucy FilippiniCanadian Martyrs29 June 1930Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityRobert BellarmineTheophilus of CorteAlbertus Magnus16 December 1931Vatican CityAndrew Fournet4 June 1933Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityBernadette Soubirous8 December 1933Rome, ItalyJoan Antidea Thouret14 January 1934Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityMaria Micaela Desmaisieres4 March 1934Louise de Marillac11 March 1934Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo19 March 1934Pompilio Maria PirrottiTeresa Margaret of the Sacred HeartJohn Bosco1 April 1934Rome, ItalyConrad of Parzham20 May 1934John Fisher19 May 1935Vatican CityThomas MoreHemma of Gurk5 January 1938Rome, ItalyAndrew Bobola17 April 1938Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityGiovanni LeonardiSalvador of Horta

Canonized by Pope Pius XII The following are saints canonized by Pope Pius XII from 1939 to 1958: SaintDate of CanonizationPlace of CanonizationMary Euphrasia Pelletier2 May 1940St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityGemma GalganiMargaret of Hungary19 November 1943Vatican CityFrances Xavier Cabrini7 July 1946St. Peter's Square, Vatican CityNicholas of Flüe15 May 1947Vatican CityBernardino Realino22 June 1947Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityJohn de BritoJoseph CafassoJeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages6 July 1947Michael GaricoitsLouis de Montfort20 July 1947Catherine Labouré27 July 1947Jeanne de Lestonnac15 May 1949Rome, ItalyMaria Giuseppa Rossello12 June 1949Saint Peter's Square, Vatican CityEmilie de RodatPius XII beatified Emilie Rodat in 1940, and in 1950 canonized her.23 April 1950Antonio Maria Claret7 May 1950Rome, ItalyBartolomea Capitanio18 May 1950Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityVincenza GerosaJoan of France, Duchess of Berry28 May 1950Vatican CityVincent Strambi11 June 1950Rome, ItalyMaria GorettiPius XII beatified and canonized Maria Goretti24 June 1950Saint Peter's Square, Vatican CityMariana de Jesús de Paredes9 July 1950Rome, ItalyEmily de Vialar24 June 1951St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityMaria Domenica MazzarelloAntonio Maria Gianelli21 October 1951Rome, ItalyFrancis BianchiIgnatius of LaconiPope Pius XPius XII beatified Pius X in 1950 and canonized him in 195429 May 1954Dominic SavioPius XII beatified Dominic Savio in 1950 and canonized him in 1954.12 June 1954Gaspar del BufaloJoseph PignatelliMaria Crocifissa di RosaPius XII beatified her in 1940 in 1940Peter ChanelHermann Joseph11 August 1958

Canonized by Pope John XXIII The following are saints canonized by Pope John XXIII from 1958 to 1963: SaintDate of CanonizationPlace of CanonizationCharles of Sezze12 April 1959St. Peter's BasilicaJoaquina Vedruna de MasGregorio Barbarigo26 May 1960Juan de Ribera12 June 1960Maria Bertilla Boscardin11 May 1961Martin de Porres6 May 1962Antonio Maria Pucci9 December 1962Francis Mary of CamporossoPeter Julian EymardVincent Pallotti20 January 1963

Canonized by Pope Paul VI The following are saints canonized by Pope Paul VI from 1963 to 1978: SaintDate of CanonizationPlace of CanonizationCharles Lwanga & 21 Companions18 October 1964St. Peter's BasilicaAdelaide of Vilich27 January 1966Rome, ItalyBenildus Romançon29 October 1967St. Peter's BasilicaJulie Billiart22 June 1969Berthold of Garsten8 January 1970Apostolic Palace, Vatican City Maria Soledad25 January 1970St. Peter's BasilicaLeonardo Murialdo3 May 1970Thérèse Couderc10 May 1970John of Ávila31 May 1970Nikola Tavelić & 3 companions21 June 1970Cuthbert Mayne & 39 companions25 October 1970Teresa of Jesus27 January 1974John Baptist of the Conception25 May 1975Vincentia Maria López y VicuñaElizabeth Ann Seton14 September 1975John Macias28 September 1975Oliver Plunkett12 October 1975Justin de Jacobis26 October 1975Dorothea of Montau9 January 1976Apostolic Palace, Vatican CityBeatrice of Silva3 October 1976St. Peter's BasilicaJohn Ogilvie17 October 1976Rafaela Porras Ayllón23 January 1977John Neumann19 June 1977Charbel Makhluf9 October 1977

Canonized by Pope John Paul II The following are saints canonized by Pope John Paul II from 1978 to 2001: SaintDate of CanonizationPlace of CanonizationCrispin of ViterboMary Therese OCDS, St. Crispin of Viterbo, Heroes and Heroines Canonized in the Twentieth Century, book II, Author House, 2009 20 June 1982St. Peter's BasilicaMaximilian Kolbe10 October 1982Marguerite Bourgeoys31 October 1982Jeanne DelanoueLeopold Mandić16 October 1983Paula Frassinetti11 March 1984Andrew Kim Taegon & 103 Korean Martyrs6 May 1984Seoul, KoreaMiguel Febres Cordero21 October 1984St. Peter's BasilicaFrancis Anthony Fasani13 April 1986Joseph Tomasi12 October 1986Lorenzo Ruiz & 15 companions18 October 1987Dominic Ibáñez de ErquiciaJacobo Kyushei Tomonaga & 13 CompanionsGiuseppe Moscati25 October 1987Roque González de Santa Cruz16 May 1988AsunciónAlfonso Rodríguez OlmedoJuan de CastilloEustochia Smeralda Calafato11 June 1988MessinaAndrew Dung-Lac19 June 1988St. Peter's BasilicaTommaso ThienEmanuele Phung (Emmanuel Le Van Phung)Girolamo Hermosilla (Jerome Hermosilla)Valentino Berrio OchoaTeofano Venard & 111 companionsSimón de Rojas3 July 1988Rose Philippine DuchesneMagdalene of Canossa2 October 1988Maria Rosa Molas y Vallvé11 December 1988Clelia Barbieri9 April 1989Gaspar Bertoni1 November 1989Richard PampuriAgnes of Bohemia12 November 1989Albert ChmielowskiMutien-Marie Wiaux10 December 1989Marie-Marguerite d'Youville9 December 1990Raphael Kalinowski17 November 1991Claude de la Colombière31 May 1992Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz11 October 1992Santo DomingoClaudine Thévenet21 March 1993St. Peter's BasilicaTeresa of Jesus of Los AndesEnrique de Ossó y Cercelló16 June 1993MadridMeinhard8 September 1993Riga, Latvia Jan Sarkander21 May 1995Olomouc, Czech RepublicZdislava BerkaMarko Krizevcanin2 July 1995Košice, Slovak RepublicStephen PongraczMelchior GrodzieckiEugene de Mazenod3 December 1995St. Peter's BasilicaJean-Gabriel Perboyre2 June 1996Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph Francis Anthony PostilloJuan Grande RománJadwiga of Poland8 June 1997Kraków, PolandJohn of Dukla10 June 1997Krosno, PolandTeresa Benedict of the Cross11 October 1998St. Peter's BasilicaMarcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat18 April 1999John CalabriaAgostina Livia PietrantoniKinga16 June 1999Stary SączCirilo Bertrán and 8 Companions21 November 1999St. Peter's BasilicaInnocencio of Mary ImmaculateBenedict MenniThomas of CoriMary Faustina Kowalska30 April 2000Cristóbal Magallanes Jara & 19 other companions21 May 2000Román Adame RosalesRodrigo Aguilar AlemanJulio Álvarez MendozaLuis Bátiz SáinzAgustín Caloca CortésMaría Natividad Venegas de la TorreJosé Maria de Yermo y ParresAugustine Chao and 119 companions1 October 2000Katharine DrexelJosephine BakhitaMaría Josefa Sancho de Guerra

See also

List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XI List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XII List of saints canonized by Pope John XXIII List of saints canonized by Pope Paul VI List of saints canonized by Pope John Paul II Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 20th century List of saints canonized in the 21st century

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