List of saints of India

The tomb of St. Thomas the apostle in Chennai
St. Bartholomew the apostle
St. Francis Xavier
St. Gonsalo Garcia
St. Joao de Brito
St. Alphonsa, the first native indian Canonised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
St. Kuriakose Chavara
St. Mariam Baouardy
St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Joseph Vaz
St. Mother Teresa

This page is a list of Indian Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, and Servants of God recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. Majority of these men and women of religious life were born, died, or lived within India.

Apostles

Saints

Early times

  • St. Pantaenus (died c. 200), a Greek theologian and a significant figure in the Catechetical School of Alexandria who lived as a missionary in India.
  • St. Petroc (died c. 564), a British abbot who lived in India where he tamed wolves and returned to Britain with a wolf companion he had met in India.
    • Feast: 4 June

Modern times

  • St. Francis Xavier (Francisco de Jasso Azpilicueta) (1506–1552), Cofounder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits); Roman Catholic (Latin) (Spain-Italy-Japan-India)
    • Feast: 3 December (solemnity in India)
    • Beatified: 25 October 1619
    • Canonised: 12 March 1622
  • St. Gonsalo Garcia (Gonçalo Garcia) (1556–1597), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Martyr; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India-Japan)
    • Feast: 6 February
    • Beatified: 14 September 1627
    • Canonised: 8 June 1862
  • St. John de Brito (Joāo de Brito or Swami Arulanandar) - (1647–1693), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Portugal-India)
    • Feast: 4 February
    • Beatified: 21 August 1853
    • Canonised: 22 June 1947
  • St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (Anna Muttathupadathu) (1910–1946), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)[1]
    • Feast: 28 July
    • Declared venerable: 9 November 1984
    • Beatified: 8 February 1986
    • Canonised: 12 October 2008
  • St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805–1871), Cofounder and Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate; Founder of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
    • Feast: 3 January
    • Declared venerable: 7 April 1984
    • Beatified: 8 February 1986
    • Canonised: 23 November 2014
  • St. Mariam Baouardy (Maryam Bawārdī or Marie of Jesus Crucified) (1846-1878), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Israel-Palestine-India)[2][3][4][5]
    • Feast: 26 August
    • Beatified: 13 November 1983
    • Canonised: 17 May 2015
  • St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Rosa Eluvathingal or Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) (1877–1952), Professed Religious of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
    • Feast: 29 August
    • Declared venerable: 5 July 2002
    • Beatified: 3 December 2006
    • Canonised: 23 November 2014
  • St. Maximilian Kolbe (Rajmund Kolbe or Maksymilian Maria Kolbe) (1894–1941), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Conventuals; Roman Catholic (Poland-India-Japan)[6]
    • Feast: 14 August
    • Declared venerable: 30 January 1969
    • Beatified: 17 October 1971
    • Canonised: 10 October 1982
  • St. Joseph Vaz (Juze Vaz) (1651–1711), Priest of the Oratorians; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India-Sri Lanka)
    • Feast: 16 January
    • Declared venerable: 13 May 1989
    • Beatified: 21 January 1995
    • Canonised: 14 January 2015
  • St. Teresa of Calcutta (Anjëzë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) (1910–1997), Founder of the Missionaries of Charity; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Albania-India)
    • Feast: 5 September
    • Declared venerable: 20 December 2002
    • Beatified: 19 October 2003
    • Canonised: 4 September 2016

Group of martyrs

  • The Four Martyrs of Thane (d. 1321 in Thane, India), Roman Catholic
    • St. Thomas of Tolentino (Tommaso di Tolentino) (ca. 1255-1321), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Italy)
    • Bl. James of Padua (Giacomo di Padua) (d. 1321), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Italy)
    • Bl. Peter of Siena (Pietro di Siena) (d. 1321), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Italy)
    • Demetrius of Tiflis (Demetrio da Tifliz) (d. 1321), Layperson of the Diocese of Quilon (Georgia-Armenia)
      • Feast: 9 April

Blesseds

  • Martyrs of Cuncolim (d. 1583), Professed Priests and Religious of the Jesuits; Laypersons of the Archdiocese of Goa; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Italy-France-Portugal-Spain-India)
    • Bl. Rodolfo Acquaviva
    • Bl. Alphonsus Pacheco
    • Bl. Peter Berno
    • Bl. Anthony Francis
    • Bl. Francis Aranha
      • Feast: 27 July
      • Beatified: 16 April 1893
  • Bls. Denis of the Nativity (Pierre Berthelot) (1600-1638) and Redemptus of the Cross (Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha) (1598-1638), Professed Priest and Religious of the Discalced Carmelites; Martyrs; Roman Catholic (Latin) (France-Portugal-India)
    • Feast: 29 November
    • Beatified: 10 June 1900
  • Some of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
    • Bl. Miguel de Carvalho, ordained a priest in Goa
    • Bl. Francisco Pacheco, seminarian in Goa
    • Bl. John Baptist Zola, missionary in Goa
    • Bl. Balthasar de Torres, seminarian in Goa
    • Bl. Diogo Carvalho (Didacus Carvalho), seminarian in Goa
    • Bl. Pietro Paolo Navarra, ordained a priest in Goa
    • Bl. Joao Batisto Machado, seminarian in Goa
      • Feast: 10 September
      • Beatified: 7 May 1867
  • Bl. Emmanuel d'Abreu (1708-1737), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr; Roman Catholic (Portugal-India-Vietnam)
    • Feast:12 January
  • Bl. Devasahayam Pillai (Lazarus) (1712–1752), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Kottar; Martyr; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
    • Feast: 14 January
    • Declared venerable: 28 June 2012
    • Beatified: 2 December 2012
  • Bl. Mary of the Passion (Helene-Marie-Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville) (1839-1904), Founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Roman Catholic (Latin) (France-India-Italy)
    • Feast: 15 November
    • Declared venerable: 28 June 1999
    • Beatified: 20 October 2002
  • Bl. Mariam Theresa Chiramel Mankidiyan (1876–1926), Cofounder of the Congregation of the Holy Family; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
    • Feast: 8 June
    • Declared venerable: 28 June 1999
    • Beatified: 9 April 2000
  • Bl. Augustinose Thevarparampil (Kunjachan) (1891–1973), Priest of the Eparchy of Palai; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
    • Feast: 16 October
    • Declared venerable: 22 June 2004
    • Beatified: 30 April 2006
  • Bl. Sister Rani Maria (Mariam Vattalil) (1954-1995), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, Martyr; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
    • Feast: 25 February
    • Declared venerable: 23 March 2017
    • Beatified: 4 November 2017

Venerables

  • Ven. Joseph Alois Hartmann (Anastasius of Altwis) (1803–1866), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Apostolic Vicar of Patna; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Switzerland-India)[7]
    • Declared venerable: 21 December 1998
  • Ven. Veronica of the Passion (Sophia Leeves) (1823–1906), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns; Founder of the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Turkey-India-France)
    • Declared venerable: 8 July 2014
  • Ven. Mary Jane Wilson (Maria of Saint Francis) (1840–1916), Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Victory; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India-Portugal)
    • Declared venerable: 9 October 2013
  • Ven. Thomas Kurialacherry (1872–1925), Eparch of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabarese; Founder of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
    • Declared venerable: 2 April 2011
  • Ven. Agnelo Gustavo Adolfo de Souza (1869–1927), Professed Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Francis Xavier of Pilar; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
    • Declared venerable: 10 November 1986
  • Ven. Mathew Kadalikattil (1872–1935), Priest of the Eparchy of Palai; Founder of the Sacred Heart Congregation; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
    • Declared venerable: 27 June 2011
  • Ven. Fernanda Riva (1920–1956), Professed Religious of the Canossian Daughters of Charity; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Italy-India)
    • Declared venerable: 28 June 2012
  • Ven. Zacarias Salterain Bizkarra (Zacarias of Saint Teresa) (1887–1957), Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelites; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Spain-India)
    • Declared venerable: 27 January 2014
  • Ven. Joseph Vithayathil (1865-1964), Priest of the Eparchy of Trichur (now within the Eparchy of Irinjalakuda); Founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
    • Declared venerable: 14 December 2015
  • Ven. Pedro Landeta Azcueta (Aureliano of the Blessed Sacrament) (1887-1963), Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelites; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Spain-India)
    • Declared venerable: 26 March 1999
  • Ven. Francesco Convertini (1898-1976), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Italy-India)
    • Declared venerable: 20 January 2017
  • Ven. Stefano Ferrando (1895-1978), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Bishop of Shillong; Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Mary, Help of Christians; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Italy-India)
  • Ven.Varghese Payapilly Palakkappilly (1876–1929), Priest of the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly; Founder of the Sisters of the Destitute; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
    • Declared venerable: 3 March 2016

Servants of God

  • Nicholas-Michel Krick (1819-1854) and Augustin-Etienne Bourry (1826-1854), Priests of the Paris Foreign Mission Society; Martyrs; Roman Catholics (Latin) (France-India)
  • Louis Savinien Dupuis (1806-1874), Priest of the Paris Foreign Mission Society; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Pondicherry and the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Quilon; Roman Catholic (Latin) (France-India)
  • Thatipatri Gnanamma (ca. 1822-1874), Widow; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne of Chennai and the Sisters of Saint Anne of Phirangipuram; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)[8]
  • Annammal Selvanayagam Pillai (1836-1883), Founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne of Tiruchirappalli; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Lorenz Hopfenmuller (Otto) (1844-1890), Professed Priest of the Salvatorians; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Germany-India)
  • Constant Lievens (1856–1893), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Belgium-India)
  • Mary Grace D'Lima (Teresa of Saint Rose of Lima) (1832-1902), Founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Thommachan Puthenparampil (1836-1908), Married Layperson of the Archeparchy of Changanacherry; Member of the Secular Franciscans; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Augustine Pereira (1854-1911), Priest of the Diocese of Dindigul; Founder of the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Eliswa Vakayil (1831–1913), Widow; Founder of the Congregation of Teresian Carmelites; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Mathew Makil (1851–1914), Apostolic Vicar of Changanacherry and Kottayam; Founder of the Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Silvio Pasquali (1864-1924), Priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions; Founder of the Catechist Sisters of Saint Anne; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Italy-India)
  • George Vakayil (Vakayilachan) (1883-1931), Priest of the Archdiocese of Verapoly; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Sebastian Lawrence Casimir Presentation Valiyathayil (1867-1936), Priest of the Diocese of Alleppey; Founder of the Visitation Sisters of Alleppey; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Adelrich Benziger (Aloysius of Saint Mary) (1864-1942), Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelites; Bishop of Quilon; Roman Catholic (Switzerland-India)
  • Thomas Poothathil (1871–1943), Priest of the Archeparchy of Kottayam; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph's Congregation; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Joseph Thamby (1883–1945), Layperson of the Diocese of Vijayawada; Member of the Secular Franciscans; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Joseph Panjikaran (1888–1949), Priest of the Archeparchy of Kothamangalam; Founder of the Medical Sisters of Saint Joseph; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Geevarghese Mar Ivanios (Geevarghese Thomas Panickerveetil) (1882–1953), Archeparch of Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) of the Syro-Malankarese; Founder of the Congregation of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Ashram), the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ and the Daughters of Mary; Syro-Malankara Catholic (India)
  • Augustine John Ukken (1880–1956), Priest of the Archeparchy of Trichur; Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Trichur; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Constantine Vendrame (1893-1957), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Italy-India)
  • Mary Glowrey (Mary of the Sacred Heart) (1887-1957), Professed Religious of the Society of Jesus Mary Joseph; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Australia-India)
  • Maria Celine Kannanaikal (1931-1957), Professed Religious of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Peter Reddy (Paul Chenappan Reddy) (1885-1958), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Palayamkottai; Member of the Secular Franciscans; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Raymond Francis Camillus Mascarenhas (1875-1960), Priest of the Diocese of Mangalore; Founder of the Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Lawrence Puliyanath (1898-1961), Priest of the Diocese of Kochi; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Mary Bernadette Prasad Kispotta (1878-1961), Founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne of Ranchi; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Antony Thachuparambil (1894-1963), Priest of the Archeparchy of Trichur; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Michael Koodalloor (Theophane of Kottappuram) (1913-1968), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Antony Soosainather (1882-1968), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Rosarians; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Mathew Kavukatt (1904–1969) Archeparch of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabarese; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Philomena Vallayil (Mary Francesca de Chantal) (1880-1972), Founder of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Lourdu Xavier Savarirayan (1910-1972), Priest of the Diocese of Kumbakonam; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Louis-Marie Leveil (1889-1973), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Roman Catholic (Latin) (France-India)
  • Paula Monnigmann (Petra) [Dinadassi] (1924-1976), Founder of the Dina Sevana Sabha (Servants of the Poor); Roman Catholic (Latin) (Germany-India)
  • Reynolds Purackal (1910-1988), Priest of the Diocese of Alleppey; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Ante Gabrić (1915-1988), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Croatia-India)
  • Mary Celine Payyappilly (1906-1993); Professed Religious of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Peter John Roche (Alfred of Moodahadu) (1924-1996), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Oreste Marengo (1906-1998), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of Tura; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Italy-India)
  • Ouseph Thekkekara (Canisius of Saint Teresa) (1914-1998), Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Benedict Onamkulam (1929-2001), Priest of the Archeparchy of Changanacherry; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Jean-Richard Mahieu (François) [Acharya] (1912-2002), Professed Priest of the Trappists; Roman Catholic (Belgium-India)
  • Bernhard Thanhauser (Fortunatus) (1922-2005), Professed Religious of the Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God; Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint John of God; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Germany-India)
  • Amelia Cimolino (1912-2006), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa (Sisters of Holy Child Mary); Roman Catholic (Latin) (Italy-India)
  • Bernard Digal and 6 Lay Companions (d. 2008), Priest and Laypersons of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar; Martyrs; Roman Catholics (Latin) (India)

Candidates for Sainthood

  • Zénon de Beaugé (1603-1687), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Roman Catholic (Latin) (France-India)
  • Ephrem de Nevers (1607-1695), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Roman Catholic (Latin) (France-India)
  • Agnes McLaren (1837-1913), Layperson of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh; Roman Catholic (Latin) (England-India-France)
  • Joaquina de Zubiri Sánchez (María Teresalina) (1918-1947), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Martyr; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Spain-India)
  • Herman Rasschaert (1922-1964), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Netherlands-India)
  • Bridget Sequeira (1905-1987), Founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Augustina Kochumattam (1940-1955), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa (Sisters of Holy Child Mary); Martyr; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Augustine Kandathil (1874-1956), Archbishop of Ernakulam; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Therese of Lisieux and the Sisters of Nazareth; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Joseph Parecattil (1912-1987), Archbishop of Ernamkulam; Cardinal; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Louis Moolaveetil (Easo Mathew) (1934-1991), Professed Priest of the Order of the Imitation of Christ; Martyr; Syro-Malankara Catholic (India)
  • Bruno Kaniyarakath (1894-1991), Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Alan Richard Griffiths (Swami Dayananda) (1906-1993), Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Camaldolese Congregation); Roman Catholic (Latin) (England-India)
  • Emilian Vettath (1902-1994), Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Thomas Anchanickal (1951-1997), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Jose Nedumattathil (1962-1997), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India)
  • Johnson (Prakash) Moyalan - (1948-2008), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr; Roman Catholic (Latin) (India-Nepal)
  • Valsa John Malamel (1958-2011), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary; Martyr; Syro-Malabar Catholic (India)
  • Luigi (Luigino) Toffanin (1950-2013), Professed Priest of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Italy-India)
  • Nirmala Joshi (1934-2015), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of Charity; Roman Catholic (Latin) (Nepal-India)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "INDIA Kerala celebrating St-Alphonsa, first Indian saint - Asia News". asianews.it. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  2. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Statues-of-Saints-Zuze-Vaz-Mariam-Baouardy-to-be-installed-at-Rosario-Cathedral-on-Jan-10/articleshow/50499894.cms
  3. ↑ https://www.udayavani.com/english/news/mangaluru/64771/mangaluru-celebrate-canonization-blessed-mariam-jesus-crucified-may-17
  4. ↑ http://www.dioceseofmangalore.com/news/other-news/1462-annual-feast-of-st-mary-of-jesus-crucified-mariam-baouardy
  5. ↑ http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=318171
  6. ↑ https://saintmaximiliankolbe.com/the-city-of-the-immaculate-in-india/
  7. ↑ Bishop Anastasius Hartmann
  8. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/mother-gnanamma-declared-servant-of-god/article6085885.ece
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