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List of American proposed candidates for Catholic sainthood

The following American Catholics are still being endorsed and promoted for sainthood causes by Catholic associations and dioceses but have not yet had such proposals accepted by a bishop or diocese.

Proposed candidates for sainthood

Group martyrs

21st century

  • José Gerónimo Lluberas Acosta (1923–2003), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Ponce (Ponce, Puerto Rico – Georgia, USA)
  • Michael Allen Gaworski (1958–2003), Founder of the Franciscan Brothers of Peace (Minnesota, USA)
  • Mary Philomena Fogarty (Mary Coirle) (1935–2003), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (Cork, Ireland – Virginia, USA)
  • Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek (1990–2004), Child of the Archdiocese of Baltimore (Maryland, USA)
  • Zdisław Kobak (Cantius) (1930–2004), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Torun, Poland – Samar, Philippines – Wisconsin, USA)
  • Daria Donnelly Weissburg (1959–2004), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Boston (Pennsylvania – Massachusetts, USA)
  • Robert Pennington (Basil) (1931–2005), Professed Priest of the Trappists (New York – Massachusetts, USA)
  • Venard Poslusney (1917–2005), Professed Priest of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance (Pennsylvania – New Jersey, USA)
  • Thomas Richard Heath (1920–2005), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Martyrs (Massachusetts, USA – Kisumu, Kenya)
  • Dorothy Mae Stang (1931–2005), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur; Martyr (Ohio, USA – Pará, Brazil)
  • Patricia Caron Crowley (1913–2006), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Chicago; Founder of the Christian Family Movement (Illinois, USA)
  • Michael A. Monsoor (1981–2006), Layperson of the Diocese of Orange (California, USA – Ramadi, Iraq)
  • Edward Warren (1926–2006), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Bridgeport (Connecticut, USA)
  • Audrey Marie Santo (1983–2007), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Worcester (Massachusetts, USA)
  • Margaret Mary Leo (1993–2007), Child of the Diocese of Arlington (Virginia, USA)
  • Joan Gormley (Frances) (1937–2007), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Francis Marino (1925–2007), Professed Priest of the Society of Mary, Marist Missionaries; Founder of the Anawim Community (Massachusetts, USA – Manila, Philippines)
  • Avery Robert Dulles (1918–2008), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Cardinal (New York, USA)
  • Cristeta Lim (Grace Dorothy) (1926–2008), Professed Religious of the Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic (Ilocos Sur, Philippines – Hawaii, USA)
  • Joseph Vander Woude (1942–2008), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Arlington (South Dakota, USA – Virginia, USA)
  • Dorothy Hennessey (1913–2008), Professed Religious of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis of the Holy Family (Iowa, USA)
  • Mary Ann Wright (1921–2009), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Louisiana, USA – California, USA)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921–2009), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Baltimore (Maryland – Massachusetts, USA)
  • Lawrence Rosabaugh (Lorenzo) (1935–2009), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Martyr (Wisconsin, USA – Guatemala)
  • Robert Fox (1927–2009), Priest of the Diocese of Sioux Falls; Founder of the Fatima Family Apostolate and the Youths for Fatima Pilgrimages (South Dakota, USA)
  • Patrick Francis Rager (1959–2010), Priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Anita Figueredo Villegas de Doyle (1916–2010), Married Layperson of the Diocese of San Diego (San Jose, Costa Rica – California, USA)
  • Edward Dougherty (1925–2011), Priest of the Diocese of Trenton (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915–2011), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Baltimore (Maryland, USA)
  • Warren Hasty Carroll (1932–2011), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Arlington (Maine – Virginia, USA)
  • Philip Matthew Hannan (1914–2011), Archbishop of New Orleans (Washington D.C. – Louisiana, USA)
  • Julian and Adrian Riester (1919–2011) Professed Priests of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Buffalo, New York – St. Petersburg, Florida, USA)
  • Albert Henry Ottenweller (1916–2012), Bishop of Steubenville; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother (Montana – Ohio, USA)
  • Walter Francis Sullivan (1928–2012), Bishop of Richmond (Washington, D.C. – Virginia, USA)
  • James Reuter (1916–2012), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (New Jersey, USA – Parañaque, Philippines)
  • Mary Jean Forge Perrini (1957–2012), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Kansas City (Kansas, USA)
  • Carol Therese Ameche (1934–2013), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Phoenix (Arizona, USA)
  • Thomas Walters (Hilarion) (1918–2013), Professed Priest of the Passionists (Pennsylvania, USA – Quezon City, Philippines)
  • Paul [Pablo] Straub (1932–2013), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists; Founder of the Institute of the Consecrated Sisters of the Most Holy Savior (New York, USA – Quintana Roo, Mexico)
  • Scott Carroll (1966–2013), Priest of the Diocese of Toledo (Ohio, USA)
  • Mary Clarke Brenner (Antonia) (1926–2013), Founder of the Eudists Servants of the Eleventh Hour (California, USA – Tijuana, Mexico)
  • Brendan Joseph Kelly (1998–2013), Child of the Diocese of Arlington (Virginia, USA)
  • Ignatius Anthony Catanello (1938–2013), Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn; Titular Bishop of Deultum (New York, USA)
  • Julia Ann Smollin (Anne Bryan) (1943–2014), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet (New York, USA)
  • Kenneth Walker (1985–2014), Priest of the Fraternal Society of Saint Peter; Martyr (Arizona, USA)
  • Robert Peter Groeschel (Benedict Joseph) (1933–2014), Professed Priest and Founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal (New Jersey, USA)
  • Nathan Benjamin Trapuzzano (1989–2014), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis (Pennsylvania – Indiana, USA)
  • Pauline Eve Macaluso Lord (Penny) (1927–2014), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Little Rock (New York, USA – Arkansas, USA)
  • Stuart Ignatius Long (1963–2014), Priest of the Diocese of Helena (Washington – Montana, USA)
  • Mary Jo Tacke (Mary Paule) (1923–2014), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood; Martyr (Idaho, USA – Eastern Cape, South Africa)
  • Paul Joseph O'Donnell (1959–2015), Cofounder of the Franciscan Brothers of Peace (Nebraska – Minnesota, USA)
  • Tom Seagrave (1942–2015), Priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (California, USA)
  • James Curran (1932–2015), Founder of the Little Brothers of Saint Francis (Massachusetts, USA)
  • Dorothy Marie Barrett (Mary Adrian) (1929–2015), Professed Religious of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Joseph Mario Reali (1989–2015), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York; Member of the Knights of Columbus (Connecticut – New York, USA)
  • Alexander Joseph Toczko (1919–2015) and Jeannette Dolores Malachowski Toczko (1919–2015), Married Layperson of the Diocese of San Diego (California, USA)
  • Bob Lord (1935–2016), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Little Rock (New York, USA – Arkansas, USA)
  • Rita Antoinette Rizzo (Mary Angelica of the Annunciation) (1923–2016), Professed Religious of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration; Founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word and the Knights of the Holy Eucharist (Ohio, USA – Alabama, USA)
  • Peter John Hopkins (1925–2016), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Nashville (Wyoming – Tennessee, USA)
  • Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Minnesota – New York, USA)
  • Rosemae Pender (1921–2016), Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist (Illinois, USA – Connecticut, USA)
  • Marvin Alfred Mottet (1930–2016), Priest of the Diocese of Davenport (Iowa, USA)
  • James Henry Flanagan (1924–2016), Priest of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe; Founder of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (Massachusetts – New Mexico, USA)
  • Elizabeth Anne Corcoran (Mary Neil) (1926–2017), Professed Religious of the Religious Sisters of Mercy (Maryland, USA)
  • Vincent Michael Scanlan (Theophane) (1931–2017), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Third order Regulars (New York – Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Steven McDonald (1957–2017), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York (New York, USA)
  • Elizabeth Louise Ebo (Mary Antona) (1924–2017), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary (Illinois, USA – Missouri, USA)
  • George Gillen (Francis Joseph) (1930–2017), Founder of the Brothers of Mercy of Saint John of God (Massachusetts, USA – Bulacan, Philippines)
  • Eileen Calcagni George (1927–2017), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Worcester (Massachusetts, USA)
  • Joseph Benedict Apostoli (Andrew) (1942–2017), Professed Priest and Cofounder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (New Jersey, USA)
  • Jerome Francis Conicker (1938–2018), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Steubenville; Founder of the Apostolate for Family Consecration (Illinois, USA – Wisconsin, USA)
  • Peter Fehlner (Peter Damian Mary) (1931–2018), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Conventuals (New York – Massachusetts, USA)
  • Anthony Freeman (1988–2018), Professed Religious of the Legionaries of Christ (Louisiana, USA – Rome, Italy)
  • Gregory Allen Staab (1957–2018), Professed Priest of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary (Ohio – Massachusetts, USA)
  • Linda Schubert (1936–2019), Married Layperson of the Diocese of San Jose in California; Member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (California, USA)
  • James Vincent Schall (1928–2019), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Iowa – California, USA)
  • Lorraine Rita Moras Warren (1927–2019), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Bridgeport (Connecticut, USA)
  • Harold Joseph Rahm (1919–2019), Profesed Priest, Jesuits (Texas, US – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Kristin Popik Burns (1950–2019), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Arlington (Virginia, USA)
  • Richard Rieman (1925–2019), Priest of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (Illinois – Massachusetts, United States)
  • Jason Paul Marshall (1966–2019), Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (New Mexico – Colorado, USA)
  • Mary Elizabeth Lancaster (Mary Wilhelmina of the Most Holy Rosary) (1924–2019), Cofounder of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of Apostles (Missouri, USA)
  • Gilbert Espinosa Chávez (1932–2020), Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (California, US)
  • Ann Russell Miller (Mary Joseph of the Trinity) (1928–2021), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (California – Illinois, US)
  • Ryan Stawaisz (1989–2021), Priest of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (Scotland, United Kingdom – Texas, US)
  • Janice McLaughlin (1942–2021), Professed Religious of the Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic (Pennsylvania – New York, USA)
  • Alice Jourdain von Hildebrand (1923–2022), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York (Brussels, Belgium – New York, USA)
  • Paul Farmer (1959–2022), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Boston (Massachusetts, USA – Burera, Rwanda)
  • Malachi Miller (2010–2023), Child of the Diocese of Salina (Kansas City- Kansas, USA)
  • Jessica Theresa Hanna (1983–2024), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Detroit (Michigan, USA)
  • Frank Caprio (1936–2025), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Hartford (Rhode Island, USA)

See also

Footnotes

References

  • CatholicHistory.Net. "Spotlight: American Saints". Retrieved on 2009-10-09.
  • Congregation for the Causes of Saints. "Recent Saints canonized". Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
  • Congregation for the Causes of Saints. "Recent Blesseds beatified". Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
  • Medjugorje Center of Pacifica. "All For Mary: American Saints". Retrieved on 2009-10-09.
  • Time. "American Saints", Time, April 7, 1930. Retrieved on 2009-10-09.
  • Tucson Citizen. "2 Tucson Priests to be beatified", June 12, 2007.

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