Canonisations in the Pontificate of

Pope Benedict XVI

Canonisation DateAscendingSaints (45)Count
2005.10.23
(1)

in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City State

Ukraine Saint Józef Bilczewski, archbishop (1860–1923)

1

Italy Saint Gaetano Catanoso, priest (1879–1963)

2

Ukraine Saint Zygmunt Gorazdowski, priest (1845–1920)

3

Chile Saint Alberto Hurtado, priest (1901–1952)

4

Italy Saint Felix of Nicosia (Felice di Nicosia / Filippo Giacomo Amoroso), religious (1715–1787)

5
2006.10.15
(2)

in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City State

Mexico Saint Raphael Guízar y Valencia, bishop (1878–1938)

6

Italy Saint Filippo Smaldone, priest (1848–1923)

7

Italy Saint Rosa Venerini, religious (1655–1728)

8

USA Saint Théodore (Anne-Thérèse Guérin), religious (1798–1856)

9
2007.05.11
(3)

in Campo de Marte, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Brazil Saint Antônio de Sant’Ana Galvão, priest (1739–1822)

10
2007.06.03
(4)

in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City State

Malta Saint George Preca (Ġorġ Preca), priest (1880–1962)

11

Poland Saint Szymon z Lipnicy, priest (1438?–1482)

12

Ireland Saint Karel van Sint Andries (Joannes Andreas Houben), priest (1821–1893)

13

France Saint Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (Anne-Eugénie Milleret de Brou), religious (1817–1898)

14
2008.10.12
(5)

in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City State

Italy Saint Gaetano Errico, priest (1791–1860)

15

Colombia Saint Maria Bernarda Bütler, religious (1848–1924)

16

India Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (Anna Muttathupadathu), religious (1910–1946)

17

Peru Saint Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán, layperson (1832–1869)

18
2009.04.26
(6)

in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City State

Italy Saint Arcangelo Tadini, priest (1846–1912)

19

Italy Saint Bernardo Tolomei, abbot (1272–1348)

20

Portugal Saint Nuno de Santa Maria (Nuno Álvares Pereira), religious (1360–1431)

21

Italy Saint Geltrude (Caterina Comensoli), religious (1847–1903)

22

Italy Saint Caterina Volpicelli, religious (1839–1894)

23
2009.10.11
(7)

in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City State

Poland Saint Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, archbishop (1822–1895)

24

Spain Saint Francisco Coll y Guitart, priest (1812–1875)

25

USA Saint Damien De Veuster, priest (1840–1889)

26

Spain Saint Rafael Arnáiz Barón, religious (1911–1938)

27

France Saint Marie de la Croix (Jeanne Jugan), religious (1792–1879)

28
2010.10.17
(8)

in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City State

Poland Saint Stanisław Kazimierczyk, priest (1433–1489)

29

Canada Saint André (Alfred Bessette), religious (1845–1937)

30

Spain Saint Cándida María de Jesús (Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola), religious (1845–1912)

31

Australia Saint Mary of the Cross (Mary Helen MacKillop), religious (1842–1909)

32

Italy Saint Giulia Salzano, religious (1846–1929)

33

Italy Saint Battista (Camilla da Varano), abbess (1458–1524)

34
2011.10.23
(9)

in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City State

Italy Saint Guido Maria Conforti, archbishop (1865–1931)

35

Italy Saint Luigi Guanella, priest (1842–1915)

36

Spain Saint Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro, religious (1837–1905)

37
2012.05.10
(equipollent)

Germany Saint Hildegard von Bingen, abbess (1098–1179)

38
2012.10.21
(10)

in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City State

Madagascar Saint Jacques Berthieu, priest and martyr (1838–1896)

39

Guam Saint Pedro Calungsod, layperson and martyr (1654–1672)

40

Italy Saint Giovanni Battista Piamarta, priest (1841–1913)

41

Spain Saint Carmen de Jesús (María del Carmen Salles y Barangueras), religious (1848–1911)

42

USA Saint Marianne (Maria Anna Barbara Cope), religious (1838–1918)

43

Canada Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, layperson (1656–1680)

44

Germany Saint Anna Schäffer, layperson (1882–1925)

45

See Also

Blesseds Proclaimed by Benedict XVI

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