List of saints canonized in the 21st century

Saints canonized in the 21st century

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This article contains a full list of the saints canonized in the 21st century. (2000-2100) These saints have received recognition as saint (through canonization) by the following popes of the Roman Catholic Church:

* Pope John Paul II (1971-2005)
* Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
* Pope Francis (2013-)

## Canonized by St. John Paul II

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The following are saints canonized by Pope John Paul II from 2001–2005:

Saint  | Date of Canonization  | Place of Canonization

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Luigi Scrosoppi[1] | 10 June 2001  | St. Peter's Basilica
Agostino Roscelli[1] | 10 June 2001  | St. Peter's Basilica
Bernard of Corleone[1] | 10 June 2001  | St. Peter's Basilica
Ignazia Verzeri[1] | 10 June 2001  | St. Peter's Basilica
Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès[1] | 10 June 2001  | St. Peter's Basilica
Joseph Marello | 25 November 2001  | St. Peter's Basilica
Paula Montal Fornés | 25 November 2001  | St. Peter's Basilica
Maria Crescentia Höss | 25 November 2001  | St. Peter's Basilica
Leonie Aviat | 25 November 2001  | St. Peter's Basilica
Alonso de Orozco Mena | 19 May 2002  | St. Peter's Basilica
Ignatius of Santhià | 19 May 2002  | St. Peter's Basilica
Humilis de Bisignano | 19 May 2002  | St. Peter's Basilica
Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello | 19 May 2002  | St. Peter's Basilica
Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus | 19 May 2002  | St. Peter's Basilica
Pio of Pietrelcina[2] | 16 June 2002  | St. Peter's Basilica
Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur | 30 July 2002  | Guatemala City, Guatemala
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin | 31 July 2002  | Mexico City, Mexico
Josemaría Escrivá | 6 October 2002  | St. Peter's Basilica
Pedro Poveda Castroverde | 4 May 2003  | Madrid, Spain
José María Rubio y Peralta | 4 May 2003  | Madrid, Spain
Angela of the Cross | 4 May 2003  | Madrid, Spain
María de las Maravillas de Jesús | 4 May 2003  | Madrid, Spain
Genoveva Torres Morales | 4 May 2003  | Madrid, Spain
Virginia Centurione Bracelli | 18 May 2003  | St. Peter's Basilica
Maria De Mattias | 18 May 2003  | St. Peter's Basilica
Ursula Ledóchowska | 18 May 2003  | St. Peter's Basilica
Józef Sebastian Pelczar | 18 May 2003  | St. Peter's Basilica
Daniel Comboni | 5 October 2003  | St. Peter's Basilica
Joseph Freinademetz | 5 October 2003  | St. Peter's Basilica
Arnold Janssen | 5 October 2003  | St. Peter's Basilica
Gianna Beretta Molla | 16 May 2004  | St. Peter's Basilica
Luigi Orione | 16 May 2004  | St. Peter's Basilica
Hannibal Mary Di Francia | 16 May 2004  | St. Peter's Basilica
Joseph Manyanet i Vives | 16 May 2004  | St. Peter's Basilica
Nimatullah Kassab Al-Hardini | 16 May 2004  | St. Peter's Basilica
Paola Elisabetta Cerioli | 16 May 2004  | St. Peter's Basilica

## Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI

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The following are saints canonized by Pope Benedict XVI from 2005–2013:

Saint  | Date of Canonization  | Place of Canonization

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Felix of Nicosia[3] | 23 October 2005  | St. Peter's Square
Józef Bilczewski[3] | 23 October 2005  | St. Peter's Square
Gaetano Catanoso[3] | 23 October 2005  | St. Peter's Square
Zygmunt Gorazdowski[3] | 23 October 2005  | St. Peter's Square
Alberto Hurtado[3] | 23 October 2005  | St. Peter's Square
Théodore Guérin | 15 October 2006  | St. Peter's Square
Rafael Guízar Valencia | 15 October 2006  | St. Peter's Square
Filippo Smaldone | 15 October 2006  | St. Peter's Square
Rose Venerini | 15 October 2006  | St. Peter's Square
Anthony of St. Ann Galvão | 11 May 2007  | São Paulo, Brazil
Szymon of Lipnica | 3 June 2007  | St. Peter's Square
Charles of Mount Argus | 3 June 2007  | St. Peter's Square
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus | 3 June 2007  | St. Peter's Square
George Preca | 3 June 2007  | St. Peter's Square
María Bernarda Bütler | 12 October 2008  | St. Peter's Square
Gaetano Errico | 12 October 2008  | St. Peter's Square
Alphonsa Muttathupadathu | 12 October 2008  | St. Peter's Square
Narcisa de Jesús | 12 October 2008  | St. Peter's Square
Nuno Álvares Pereira | 26 April 2009  | St. Peter's Square
Geltrude Comensoli | 26 April 2009  | St. Peter's Square
Arcangelo Tadini | 26 April 2009  | St. Peter's Square
Bernardo Tolomei | 26 April 2009  | St. Peter's Square
Caterina Volpicelli | 26 April 2009  | St. Peter's Square
Rafael Arnáiz Barón | 11 October 2009  | St. Peter's Basilica
Francisco Coll Guitart | 11 October 2009  | St. Peter's Basilica
Damien De Veuster | 11 October 2009  | St. Peter's Basilica
Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński | 11 October 2009  | St. Peter's Basilica
Jeanne Jugan | 11 October 2009  | St. Peter's Basilica
André Bessette | 17 October 2010  | St. Peter's Square
Candida Maria of Jesus | 17 October 2010  | St. Peter's Square
Mary MacKillop | 17 October 2010  | St. Peter's Square
Giulia Salzano | 17 October 2010  | St. Peter's Square
Stanisław Kazimierczyk | 17 October 2010  | St. Peter's Square
Camilla Battista da Varano | 17 October 2010  | St. Peter's Square
Guido Maria Conforti | 23 October 2011  | St. Peter's Square
Luigi Guanella | 23 October 2011  | St. Peter's Square
Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro | 23 October 2011  | St. Peter's Square
Hildegard of Bingen | 10 May 2012  | n/a (equipollent)
Jacques Berthieu | 21 October 2012  | St. Peter's Square
Pedro Calungsod | 21 October 2012  | St. Peter's Square
Marianne Cope | 21 October 2012  | St. Peter's Square
Giovanni Battista Piamarta | 21 October 2012  | St. Peter's Square
María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras | 21 October 2012  | St. Peter's Square
Anna Schäffer | 21 October 2012  | St. Peter's Square
Kateri Tekakwitha | 21 October 2012  | St. Peter's Square

## Canonized by Pope Francis

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The following are saints canonized by Pope Francis from 2013–present:

Saint  | Date of Canonization  | Place of Canonization

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Antonio Primaldo & 812 Companions[4] | 12 May 2013  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Laura Montoya Upegui[4] | 12 May 2013  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala[5] | 12 May 2013  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Angela of Foligno[6] | 9 October 2013  | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Peter Faber[7] | 17 December 2013  | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
José de Anchieta[8] | 3 April 2014  | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Marie of the Incarnation[8] | 3 April 2014  | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
François de Laval [8] | 3 April 2014  | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Pope John XXIII[9] | 27 April 2014  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Pope John Paul II[9] | 27 April 2014  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Kuriakose Elias Chavara[10] | 23 November 2014  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Nicola Saggio [10] | 23 November 2014  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Euphrasia Eluvathingal[10] | 23 November 2014  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Giovanni Antonio Farina[10] | 23 November 2014  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Ludovico of Casoria[10] | 23 November 2014  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Amato Ronconi[10] | 23 November 2014  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Joseph Vaz[11] | 14 January 2015  | Galle Face Green, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Émilie de Villeneuve[12] | 17 May 2015  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception[12] | 17 May 2015  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Mariam Baouardy[12] | 17 May 2015  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas[12] | 17 May 2015  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Junípero Serra[13] | 23 September 2015  | Washington, D.C., United States
Louis Martin[14] | 18 October 2015  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin[14] | 18 October 2015  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Vincenzo Grossi[14] | 18 October 2015  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
María de la Purísima Salvat Romero[14] | 18 October 2015  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Stanisław Papczyński[15] | 5 June 2016  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad[15] | 5 June 2016  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Teresa of Calcutta[16] | 4 September 2016  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero[8] | 16 October 2016  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
José Sánchez del Río[8] | 16 October 2016  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Manuel González García[8] | 16 October 2016  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Elizabeth of the Trinity[8] | 16 October 2016  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Alfonso Maria Fusco[8] | 16 October 2016  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Lodovico Pavoni[8] | 16 October 2016  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Salomone Leclercq[8] | 16 October 2016  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Francisco Marto[17] | 13 May 2017  | Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fátima, Portugal
Jacinta Marto[17] | 13 May 2017  | Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fátima, Portugal
Manuel Míguez González[18] | 15 October 2017  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Luca Antonio Falcone[18] | 15 October 2017  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
André de Soveral & 29 Companions[18] | 15 October 2017  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Cristobal & 2 Companions[18] | 15 October 2017  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Pope Paul VI[19] | 14 October 2018  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez[19] | 14 October 2018  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Francesco Spinelli[19] | 14 October 2018  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Vincenzo Romano[19] | 14 October 2018  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Katharina Kasper[19] | 14 October 2018  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Ignacia Nazaria March Mesa[19] | 14 October 2018  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Nunzio Sulprizio[19] | 14 October 2018  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires[20] | 5 July 2019  | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
John Henry Newman[21] | 13 October 2019  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Giuseppina Vannini[21] | 13 October 2019  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan[21] | 13 October 2019  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Dulce Lopes Pontes[21] | 13 October 2019  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Marguerite Bays[21] | 13 October 2019  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Margherita della Metola[22] | 24 April 2021  | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Titus Brandsma[23] | 15 May 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Devasahayam Pillai[23] | 15 May 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
César de Bus[23] | 15 May 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Luigi Maria Palazzolo[23] | 15 May 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Giustino Russolillo[23] | 15 May 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Charles de Foucauld[23] | 15 May 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Anne-Marie Rivier[23] | 15 May 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Francesca Rubatto[23] | 15 May 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Carolina Santocanale[23] | 15 May 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Maria Domenica Mantovani[23] | 15 May 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Giovanni Battista Scalabrini[24] | 9 October 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Artémides Zatti[24] | 9 October 2022  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa[25] | 11 February 2024  | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

## Upcoming canonizations

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The following are upcoming canonizations by Pope Francis:

Saint  | Date of Canonization  | Place of Canonization

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Manuel Ruiz López & 10 Companions[26] | 20 October 2024  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Marie Léonie Paradis | 20 October 2024  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Elena Guerra | 20 October 2024  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Giuseppe Allamano | 20 October 2024  | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Pier Giorgio Frassati[27] | \-- -- 2025  | TBD[27]
Carlo Acutis [28] | \-- -- 2025  | TBD[28]

## See also

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* List of saints canonized by Pope John Paul II
* List of saints canonized by Pope Benedict XVI
* List of saints canonized by Pope Francis
* Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 21st century

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