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
17 January 1995 at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
- Peter To Rot (1912âÂÂ1945) (canonized in 19 October 2025)
19 January 1995 at the Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia
21 January 1995 at the Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Joseph Vaz (1651âÂÂ1711) (canonized on 14 January 2015)
29 January 1995
February
24 February 1979 (confirmation of cult) at the Apostolic Palace
18 February 1981 at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines
19 February 1984
1 February 1985 in Guayaquil, Ecuador
2 February 1985 in Arequipa, Peru
8 February 1986 at the Nahru Stadium in Kottayam, India
March
29 March 1987
20 March 1993
17 March 1996
15 March 1998
22 March 1998 at Oba, Nigeria
7 March 1999
5 March 2000
11 March 2001
23 March 2003
21 March 2004
April
29 April 1979
14 April 1985
3 April 1987 at the O'Higgins Park in Santiago, Chile
17 April 1988
24 April 1988
23 April 1989
30 April 1989 in Antananarivo, Madagascar
9 April 1990 (confirmation of cult) at the Apostolic Palace
- Juan Diego (1474âÂÂ1548) (later solemnized on 9 April 1990, canonized on 31 July 2002)
29 April 1990
21 April 1991
18 April 1993
24 April 1994
30 April 1995 in Trento, Italy
9 April 2000
29 April 2001
14 April 2002
27 April 2003
25 April 2004
May
31 May 1979 (concession of Mass) at the Apostolic Palace
23 May 1982
15 May 1983
1 May 1987 at the Stadion Köln-Müngersdorf in Cologne, Germany
- Edith Stein (1891âÂÂ1942) (canonized on 11 October 1998)
10 May 1987
2 May 1989 at Saint Denis in Réunion
20 May 1990
17 May 1992
16 May 1993
7 May 1995
12 May 1996
4 May 1997
10 May 1998
23 May 1998 in Vercelli, Italy
24 May 1998 in Turin, Italy
2 May 1999
9 May 2001 at the âÂÂGranariesâ of Floriana in Malta
26 May 2002 at the Central Plaza in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
June
22 June 1980
20 June 1983 in PoznaÃ
Â, Poland
22 June 1983 in Krakow, Poland
23 June 1985
10 June 1987 in Tarnow, Poland
28 June 1987
18 June 1989
2 June 1991 in Rzeszów, Poland
5 June 1991 at the Aeroclub of Bialystok in Bialystok, Poland
9 June 1991 at the Plaza of Agricola Park in Warsaw, Poland
21 June 1992 at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Fountain in Bergamo, Italy
23 June 1996 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany
6 June 1997 in Zakopane, Poland
21 June 1998
7 June 1999 in Torun, Poland
13 June 1999 in Warsaw, Poland
26 June 2001 at the Lviv Hippodrome in Lviv, Ukraine
27 June 2001 at the Lviv Hippodrome in Lviv, Ukraine
6 June 2003 at Harbor Square in Dubrovnik, Croatia
22 June 2003 at PetriÃÂevaÃÂ Hill near Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina
July
4 July 1987 (concession of Mass and Office) at the Apostolic Palace
Approved for veneration for the Sovereign Order of Malta
6 July 1991 (confirmation of cult) at the Apostolic Palace
14 July 1991 at Aosta Valley in Susa, Italy
August
15 August 1985 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
13 August 1991
22 August 1997 in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in Paris, France
18 August 2002 at BÃ
Âonie Park in Kraków, Poland
September
11 September 1984 at Jarry Park in Montreal, Canada
30 September 1984
22 September 1985
3 September 1988
15 September 1988 at the Maseru Race Course in Maseru, Lesotho
25 September 1988
27 September 1992
28 September 1993 in Asti, Italy
27 September 1997 in Bologna, Italy
20 September 1998 in Brescia, Italy
19 September 1999 in Maribor, Slovenia
3 September 2000
14 September 2003 at PetrÃ
¾alka Square in Bratislava, Slovakia
5 September 2004 at the Esplanade of Montorso in Loreto, Italy
October
14 October 1979
26 October 1980
4 October 1981
3 October 1982
30 October 1983
6 October 1985
4 October 1986 in Lyon, France
19 October 1986 in Florence, Italy
4 October 1987
16 October 1988
23 October 1988
1 October 1989
22 October 1989
31 October 1989
7 October 1990
18 October 1991 at Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, Brazil
27 October 1991
25 October 1992
10 October 1993
16 October 1994
1 October 1995
29 October 1995
6 October 1996
and 12 Companions (+1874)
12 October 1997
3 October 1998 at the Shrine of Marija Bistrica in Croatia
25 October 1998
3 October 1999
7 October 2001
21 October 2001
20 October 2002
19 October 2003
3 October 2004
November
5 November 1982 in Sevilla, Spain
13 November 1983
25 November 1984
3 November 1985
16 November 1985
17 November 1985
1 November 1987
22 November 1987
20 November 1988
4 November 1990
22 November 1992
5 November 1994 in Catania, Italy
20 November 1994
24 November 1996
9 November 1997
4 November 2001
9 November 2003
16 November 2004 (confirmation of cult) at the Apostolic Palace
December
9 December 1980 (concession of Mass and Office) at the Apostolic Palace
21 December 1992 (confirmation of cult) at the Apostolic Palace
See also
References