Funerary inscription (AD 525) calling the deceased Maxima an Ancilla Christi (handmaid of Christ)

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.

List

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.

Servant of God Year of death Year declared Servant of God Notes / References
Adrienne von Speyr19672018Swiss theologian and physician
Afonso Sanches, Lord of Albuquerque1329
Ángel Herrera Oria19681996
Angela Iacobellis19611991
Antoni Gaudí19262000
Anita Moreno 1977 2018 Panamanian laywoman[2]
Akash Bashir20152022Pakistani security guard and martyr
Antony Thachuparambil19632009
Barbora Žagarietė16482015
Bartolomé de las Casas15662002
Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas19642006
Pope Benedict XIII17301755
Black Elk19502017[3]
Blandina Segale19412015
Simon_Bruté18392005First Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana and spiritual director to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Buenaventura Codina y Augerolas1857Spanish bishop
Carlo Braga19712013
Giuseppe Castagnetti19652009Roman Catholic politician
Catherine Doherty19852000
Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz17311999
Charles Journet1975Swiss theologian and cardinal
Chiara Corbella Petrillo20122018
Cícero Romão Batista19342022Professed priest
Dalisay Lazaga19712012
Darwin Ramos20122019Street child, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin18402005Russian aristocrat, founder of Loretto, Pennsylvania
Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz17321999
Domingos Chohachi Nakamura19402002Japanese priest and missionary
Dorothy Day19802000
Edward J. Flanagan19482012
Eileen Rosaline O'Connor19212018Co-founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor
Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy19522001
Elisabeth Leseur19141934
Élisabeth of France17941953martyred during French Revolution
Eliswa Vakayil18312008
Emil Kapaun19511993U.S. Army Chaplain during the Korean War
Emilia Anne Wojtyła19292020mother of Pope John Paul II[4]
Emiliano Tardif19992010
Euzebiusz Huchracki19422003martyred in Schloss Hartheim[5]
Ezechiele Ramin19852017Italian missionary priest martyred in Brazil
Ferdinando Casagrande19441998martyred in Marzabotto
Fidelis Thaliath20082021
Floripes Dornellas de Jesus19992005Brazilian mystic
Francis II of the Two Sicilies18942020King of the Two Sicilies
Francis Xavier Ford1952
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz19481951
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard1908Archbishop of Paris
Frank Duff19801996
Geevarghese Ivanios19532007
George Vakayil19312013Indian priest[6][7]
Gerard Raymond 1932 1968 French-Canadian seminarian
Gordon Anthony Pantin20002013Archbishop of Port of Spain[8]
Xu Guangqi16331933 (redeclared 2010)
Hans Urs von Balthasar19882018Swiss theologian and priest
Hélder Pessoa Câmara19992015Archbishop of Olinda e Recife and cofounder of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil
Henry II the Pious12412015
Henryk Szuman19392003martyred in Bydgoszcz[9]
Ida Mari1981
Isaac Hecker18882008
Isabella I of Castile15041974
Jacques Hamel20162017French Catholic priest, killed in an attack, qualified as a martyr by Christians including Pope Francis.
James II of England17011734Jacobite claimant to the throne of England
Johann Baptist Reus19851994German priest
John Pozzobon19471953Brazilian Permanent deacon
John Hardon20002002
John Peter Savarinayagam19792019Capuchin Priest
Józef Cyrek19401994
Jules Chevalier19072012Professed priest and founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the DOLSH Congregation
Julius Nyerere19992005First President of Tanzania
Karol Józef Wojtyła Sr.19412020father of Pope John Paul II[10]
Léo Tarcísio Gonçalves Pereira20072020Brazilian Dehonian priest
Luciano Mendes de Almeida20062014Bishop of Mariana
Luigi Giussani20052012
Luis Chávez1987predecessor to Oscar Romero
Luis Cáncer15492015[11]
Luisa Piccarreta19472006
Madeleine Delbrêl 1964 2018
Maria Clotilde of Savoy19111942
Marcel Van19591997
Maria Esperanza de Bianchini20042010
Marie Gertrude Gros19052012
Marta Obregón Rodríguez19692011Martyred for defending her chastity[12]
Mathew Kavukattu19691994
Mathew Makil19142009
Matilde Salem19611961
Matteo Ricci16101984 (redeclared 2010)
Maurice Michael Otunga20032010The first cardinal of Kenya
Michelle Duppong 2015 2022 FOCUS Missionary[13]
Moises Crespo Gonzalez 1980 2015 Panamanian Augustinian Priest[14]
Patrick Ryan18782016
Pedro Arrupe19912018Spanish Basque Jesuit priest and first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Piotr Szarek19391994
Pope Pius VII18232007
Prosper Guéranger18752005
Rafael Merry del Val19301953
Raymond FC Mascarenhas19602008
Reynolds Purackal19882010
Romano Guardini19682017
Rubén Isidro Alonso19922014Uruguayan streetwise priest
Salvo D'Acquisto19432001
Santa Scorese19911998Martyred for defending her chastity[15]
Sepé Tiaraju17562017Guarani Leader
Shahbaz Bhatti20112016Pakistani politician
Stanisław Wiórek19391994
Terence Cooke19831992Archbishop of New York and Cardinal
Theodore Foley19742008
Thea Bowman19371990
Therese Neumann19622005German mystic
Thomas Cooray19882011
Toni Zweifel1989Swiss engineer and founder of the Limmat Foundation
Trương Bửu Diệp19462014
Ubaldo Marchioni19441998Martyred in Marzabotto
Vincent R. Capodanno19672006A United States Navy Chaplain who was killed in the line of duty
Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira18781994Bishop of Olinda
Vivian Uchechi Ogu19952009Martyred for defending her chastity[16]
Walter Ciszek19841990
Willi Graf19432017
William Finnemann19421999
Zilda Arns Neumann20102015Brazilian Brazilian physician and philanthropist

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pressing Sainthood for a Beloved Archbishop. (December 12, 2004). Fuchs, Marek. The New York Times. Accessed February 28, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Biografia Ana María Moreno". www.diocesischitre.org. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  3. ↑ "Mass marks end of diocesan phase of inquiry for Day's sainthood cause". 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ Karol and Emilia Wojtyła: The Saint-Makers
  5. ↑ "Męczennik z Katowic - Prowincja Wniebowzięcia NMP Zakonu Braci Mniejszych w Polsce". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Canonisation [sic] of Fr George Vakayil". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Death anniversary observed". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Archbishop Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Parafia p.w. Św.Wojciecha Starogard Gdański :: Ks. Henryk Szuman". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  10. ↑ Karol and Emilia Wojtyła: The Saint-Makers
  11. ↑ ""La Florida"". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "La Diócesis inicia la causa de beatificación de Marta Obregón" [The Diocese initiates the cause of beatification of Marta Obregón]. elcorreodeburgos.com (in Spanish). 14 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "Former FOCUS Missionary Michelle Duppong, Now 'Servant of God,' Continues to Inspire With Her Holy Life". NCR. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  14. ↑ "1980". newsaints.faithweb.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  15. ↑ "Santa Scorese prima di essere uccisa: qualunque cosa mi succeda ho scelto Dio" [Santa Scorese before being killed: whatever happens to me I have chosen God]. it.aleteia.org (in Italian). 25 November 2021.
  16. ↑ "Catholic archbishop move for beatification, canonization of late teenager". October 6, 2023.
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