In the Catholic Church, Servant of God is a title used for a person for whom a beatification process has been initiated.

The term is used in connection with the opening of the process. The next step may to be declared venerable, upon a decree of heroic virtue or martyrdom. That may be eventually followed by beatification and eventually canonization.

List The following is an incomplete list of people currently declared to be a Servant of God. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname or the place or attribute part of the name.

Servant of God Year of death Year declared Servant of God Notes / References Adrienne von Speyr 1967 2018 Swiss theologian and physician Alcide De Gasperi 1954 1993 Prime Minister of Italy Afonso Sanches, Lord of Albuquerque 1329 1723Portuguese noble Ángel Herrera Oria 1968 1996 Spanish cardinal Angela Iacobellis 1961 1991 Anita Moreno19772018Panamanian laywoman Akash Bashir 2015 2022 Pakistani security guard and martyr Anna Abrikosova 1936 Russian Greek Catholic, superior of Dominican third order regular sisters Antony Thachuparambil 1963 2009 Baudouin of Belgium 1993 2024 King of the Belgians Barbora Žagarietė 1648 2005 Bartolomé de las Casas 1566 2002Spanish priest Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas 1964 2006 founder of the Congregation of the Rosarians 1730 1755 Bernardin Gantin 2008 2025 Dean of the College of Cardinals Black Elk 1950 2017 Catechist Blandina Segale 1941 2015 Buenaventura Codina y Augerolas 1857 1978 Spanish bishop Carlo Braga 1971 2013 Italian missionary Catherine Doherty 1985 2000 Russian writer and founder of the Madonna House ApostolateCarmen Hernández20162021Spanish catechist and co-initiator of the Neocatechumenal Way Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz 1731 1999 Charles Journet 1975 Swiss theologian and cardinal Chiara Corbella Petrillo 2012 2018 Cícero Romão Batista 1934 2022 Diocesan priestClare Crockett20162024Irish religious sister and former actress Dalisay Lazaga 1971 2012 Darwin Ramos 2012 2019 Filippino layman Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin 1840 2005 Russian aristocrat, founder of Loretto, Pennsylvania Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz 1732 1999 Filipino nun Dolindo Ruotolo 1970 Italian diocesan priest Domingos Chohachi Nakamura 1940 2002 Japanese priest and missionary Dorothy Day 1980 2000 American laywoman and social activist Eileen O'Connor 1921 2018 Co-founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy 1952 2001 Élisabeth Leseur 1914 1951 French mystic Élisabeth of France 1794 1953martyred during French Revolution Emilia Anne Wojtyła 1929 2020 mother of Pope John Paul II Emiliano Tardif 1999 2010 Eugenio Borg 1967 1997 First Superior General of the Society of Christian Doctrine (M.U.S.E.U.M.) Euzebiusz Huchracki 1942 2003 Polish Franciscan friar Ezechiele Ramin 1985 2017 Italian missionary priest martyred in Brazil Ferdinando Casagrande 1944 1998 Salesian priest, killed in the Marzabotto Fidelis Thaliath 2008 2021 Indian religious sister Floripes Dornellas de Jesus 1999 2005 Brazilian mystic Francis II of the Two Sicilies 1894 2020 King of the Two Sicilies Francis Xavier Ford 1952 2017 Bishop of Kaying Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz 1948 1951 Portuguese priest François-Marie-Benjamin Richard 1908 Archbishop of Paris Frank Duff 1980 1996 Founder of the Legion of Mary George Vakayil 1931 2013 Indian priestGiancarlo Rastelli19702005Italian physicianGerard Raymond19321968French-Canadian seminarian Gordon Anthony Pantin 2000 2013 Archbishop of Port of Spain Helena Kmieć 2017 2024 Polish missionary Hélder Pessoa Câmara 1999 2015 Archbishop of Olinda e Recife and cofounder of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil Henry II the Pious 1241 2015 Polish monarch Henryk Szuman 1939 2003 martyred in Bydgoszcz Ida Mari 1981 Isaac Hecker 1888 2008 Founder of the Paulist Fathers Isabella I of Castile 1504 1974 Queen of Castille and León Jacques de Jésus (Père Jacques)19451997French Discalced Carmelite priest and headmaster; sheltered Jewish students from the Nazis; named Righteous Among the Nations (1985); died after imprisonment at Mauthausen-Gusen Jacques Hamel 2016 2017 French Catholic priest killed in the 2016 Normandy church attack James II of England 1701 1734 Jacobite claimant to the throne of England Johann Baptist Reus 1947 1953 German priest John Hardon 2000 2005 American priest John Peter Savarinayagam 1979 2019 Capuchin priest Józef Cyrek 1940 1994 Polish writerJules Chevalier 1907 2012 Religious priest and founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the DOLSH Congregation Julius Nyerere 1999 2005 First President of Tanzania Karol Józef Wojtyła Sr. 1941 2020 Father of Pope John Paul II Léo Tarcísio Gonçalves Pereira 2007 2020 Brazilian Dehonian priest Luciano Mendes de Almeida 2006 2014 Bishop of Mariana Luigi Giussani 2005 2012 Founder of Communion and Liberation Luisa Piccarreta 1947 1994 Italian mystic of Archdiocese of TraniLuis Chávez 1987 2001Predecessor to Oscar Romero Luis Cáncer 1549 2015 Spanish missionary Maria Clotilde of Savoy 1911 1942 Marcel Van 1959 1997 Maria Esperanza de Bianchini 2004 2010 Marie Gertrude Gros 1905 2012 Marta Obregón Rodríguez 1992 2011 Martyred for defending her chastity Mathew Kavukattu 1969 1994 Archbishop of Changanassery Matilde Salem 1961 1995 Syrian laywomanMaurice Blondel19492025Philosopher Maurice Michael Otunga 2003 2010 The first cardinal of Kenya Michelle Duppong20152022FOCUS MissionaryMoises Crespo Gonzalez19802015Panamanian Augustinian Priest Patrick Ryan 1878 2016 Pedro Arrupe 1991 2018 Spanish Basque Jesuit priest and first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima Piotr Szarek 1939 1994 martyred during Occupation of Poland 1823 2007 Prosper Guéranger 1875 2005 Rafael Merry del Val 1930 1953 Spanish cardinal Raymond FC Mascarenhas 1960 2008 Reynolds Purackal 1988 2010 Romano Guardini 1968 2017 Italian priest and philosopher Rubén Isidro Alonso 1992 2014 Uruguayan Streetwise Priest Stefano Gobbi 2011 2024 Priest and Founder of the Marian Movement of Priests Stephen Kim Sou-hwan 2009 2024 Archbishop of Seoul Sybil Kathigasu 1948 2024 Malayan nurse Santa Scorese 1991 1998 Martyred for defending her chastity Sepé Tiaraju 1756 2018 Guarani Leader Shahbaz Bhatti 2011 2016 Pakistani politician Stanisław Wiórek 1939 1994 Martyred during the German Occupation of Poland Terence Cooke 1983 1992 Archbishop of New York and Cardinal Theodore Foley 1974 2007 Superior general of the Passionists. Thea Bowman 1990 2018 Religious sister Therese Neumann 1962 2005 German mystic Thomas Byles 1912 2015 Roman Catholic priest who died on the Titanic Thomas Cooray 1988 2010 Sri Lankan cardinal Toni Zweifel 1989 2018 Swiss engineer and founder of the Limmat Foundation Ubaldo Marchioni 1944 1998 Priest martyred in Marzabotto Vincent R. Capodanno 1967 2006 United States Navy chaplain killed in the line of duty Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira 1878 1994 Bishop of Olinda Vivian Uchechi Ogu 2009 2023 Martyred for defending her chastity Willi Graf 1943 2017 Member of the White Rose William Finnemann 1942 1999 Xu Guangqi 1633 1933 (redeclared 2011) Ming-era politician Zita of Bourbon-Parma 1989 2009 Last Empress Consort of Austria

See also

List of saints List of beatified people List of venerated Catholics Servants of God by nationality

References