• Source: List of American proposed candidates for sainthood

This list includes individuals from the United States for whom there is a public petition to the bishop to commence an investigation into the heroic virtue of the individual leading to a decree declaring them to be a Servant of God.




Candidates






Group Martyrs






21st century


Penny Lernoux Nahum (1940–1989), Married Layperson of the Diocese of San Jose in California (California – New York, USA)
Robert Louis Hodapp (1910–1989), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan (Minnesota, USA – Belize City, Belize)
Eugene John Herbert (1923–1990), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Louisiana, USA – Batticaloa, Sri Lanka)
Maurice Patrick Barrett (Mathias) (1900–1990), Founder of the Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd (Waterford, Ireland – New Mexico, USA)
Julia Crotta (Nazarena of Jesus) (1907–1990), Professed Religious of the Benedictine Nuns (Camaldolese Congregation) (Connecticut, USA – Rome, Italy)
Maureen Courtney (1944–1990), Professed Religious of the Congregation of Saint Agnes; Martyr (Wisconsin, USA – Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua)
Harold Arnoldus Stevens (1907–1990), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York (South Carolina – New York, USA)
Eliseo Castaño de Vega (1925–1991), Priest of the Congregation of the Mission; Martyr (Zamora, Spain – San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Martyrs of Gardnersville (Montserrado, Liberia):
Barbara Ann Muttra (1923–1992), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Illinois, USA)
Mary Joel Kolmer (1934–1992), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Illinois, USA)
Shirley Kolmer (1920–1992), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Illinois, USA)
Agnes Mueller (1929–1992), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Illinois, USA)
Kathleen McGuire (1937–1992), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Illinois, USA)
James Patterson Lyke (1939–1992), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Archbishop of Atlanta (Illinois – Georgia, USA)
Richard Henry Ackerman (1903–1992), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans); Bishop of Covington (Pennsylvania – Kentucky, USA)
Ann Manganaro (1946–1993), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Loreto (Missouri, USA – San Salvador, El Salvador)
Enrique San Pedro Fonaguera (1928–1994), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Bishop of Brownsville (Havana, Cuba – Florida, USA)
Joseph Louis Bernardin (1928–1996), Archbishop of Chicago; Cardinal (South Carolina, USA – Illinois, USA)
Lawrence Jenco (1934–1996), Professed Priest of the Servites (Illinois, USA)
Mary Evelyn Puleo Chmiel (1963–1996), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of St. Louis; Member of the Catholic Worker Movement (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Missouri, USA)
Ann Patricia McAleese (1934–1996), Professed Religious of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Martyr (New York, USA – Cape Coast, Ghana)
Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen (1932–1996), Priest of the Archdiocese of Utrecht (Nijkerk, Netherlands – Minnesota, USA – Ontario, Canada)
Ruth Van Kooy Pakaluk (1956–1998), Married Layperson of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (Massachusetts, USA)
Charles Kekumano (1919–1998), Priest of the Diocese of Honolulu (Hawaii, USA)
Thomas Gafney (1932–1998), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Ohio, USA – Kathmandu, Nepal)
Vincent Donovan (1926–2000), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) (Pennsylvania, USA)
Mary Mildred Neuzil (Mary Ephrem) (1916–2000), Professed Religious of the Contemplative Sisters of the Indwelling Trinity (New York – Ohio, USA)
Daniel Egan (1915–2000), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friras of the Atonement (New York, USA)
Isolina Ferré Aguayo (1914–2000), Professed Religious of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
John Anthony Kaiser (1932–2000), Priest of the Mill Hill Missionaries; Martyr (Minnesota, USA – Nakuru, Kenya)
Charles William Kram Jr. (1929–2000), Priest of the Diocese of Victoria (Texas, USA)
Harry Murray (Gratian) (1923–2000), Priest of the Diocese of Bacolod (Pennsylvania, USA – Negros Occidental, Philippines)
Eileen Egan (1912–2000), Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York (Wales, United Kingdom – New York, USA)
Jan Karski (1914–2000), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Washington (Lodz, Poland – Washington, D.C., USA)
Dorothy Helen Schmitt Gauchat (1921–2000), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Cleveland (Ohio, USA)
Barbara Ann Ford (1938–2001), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of New York; Martyr (New York, USA – Guatemala City, Guatemala)
Robert Emmett Judge (Mychal Fallon) (1933–2001), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (New York, USA)
John Matthias Haffert (1915–2001), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Newark; Cofounder of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima (World Apostolate of Fatima) (New Jersey, USA – Fatima, Portugal)
Mathew Ahmann (1931–2001), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Saint Cloud (Minnesota – Washington, D.C., USA)
Joseph Gluszek (1910–2002), Priest of the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Kraków, Poland – Montana, USA)
Mary Frank Stachowicz (1951–2002), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Chicago; Martyr (Poland – Illinois, USA)
Ade Bethune (1914–2002), Layperson of the Diocese of Providence; Member of the Catholic Worker Movement (Schaerbeek, Belgium – Rhode Island, 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)
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)
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)
Kendrick Castillo (2001–2019), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Denver; Martyr (Colorado, USA)
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)




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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.
Delaney, John J. (2005). Dictionary of Saints. Image. ISBN 0-385-51520-0.
Fink, John F. (2001). American Saints: Five Centuries of Heroic Sanctity on the American Continents. Alba House. ISBN 0-8189-0900-5.
Habig, Marion A. (1974). Saints of the Americas. Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 0-87973-880-4.
Holbock, Ferdinard (2000). New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church: Blesseds and Saints Canonized by Pope John Paul II During the Years 1979–1983. Ignatius Press. ISBN 0-89870-754-4.
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.




Further reading


Heatherington, Kimberley. "Finances bottleneck potential canonization of dozens of American saints and martyrs", Detroit Catholic, April 28, 2023

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