This page is a list of Brazilian saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or ministered in Brazil.
The Catholic Church has been present in the territory of the modern nation of Brazil since the first Mass was said there in 1500 and today claims the largest population of Catholics of any country in the world. Nonetheless, the country has produced few officially canonized saints thus far.
Saints
The following is the list of saints, in the order in which they were canonized. Martyrs of Río de la Plata (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil): Roque González y de Santa Cruz (1576–1628), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Asunción, Paraguay) Adolfo Rodríguez Obnel (1598–1628), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Zamora, Spain) Juan del Castillo Rodríguez (1595–1628), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Cuenca, Spain) Venerated: January 15, 1933 Beatified: January 28, 1934 by Pope Pius XI Canonized: May 16, 1988 by Pope John Paul II Amabile Visintainer (Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus) (1865–1942), Founder of the Little Sister of Immaculate Concepcion (Trent, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil) Venerated: February 8, 1988 Beatified: October 18, 1991 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: May 19, 2002 by Pope John Paul II Antonio Galvao de Franca (Antonio of Saint Anne) (1739–1822), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (São Paulo, Brazil) Venerated: March 8, 1997 Beatified: October 25, 1998 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: May 11, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI José de Anchieta (1534–1597), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Tenerife, Spain – Espírito Santo, Brazil) Venerated: August 10, 1786 Beatified: June 22, 1980 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: April 3, 2014 by Pope Francis André de Soveral and 29 Companions (d. 1645), Priests and Laypersons of the Archdiocese of Natal; Martyr (Brazil) Venerated: December 21, 1998 Beatified: March 5, 2000 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: October 15, 2017 by Pope Francis Maria Rita Lopes Pontes de Souza Brito (Dulce) (1914–1992), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Brazil) Venerated: April 3, 2009 Beatified: May 22, 2011 by Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo Canonized: October 13, 2019 by Pope Francis
Blesseds Inácio de Azevedo and 39 Jesuit Companions (d. 1570), Professed Priests, Religious', Novices and Clerics of the Jesuits; Martyrs (aboard the Santiago toward Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) Venerated: n/a Beatified: May 11, 1854 by Pope Pius IX Hubertus Van Lieshout [Eustachius] (1890–1943), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus) (North Brabant, Netherlands – Minas Gerais, Brazil) Venerated: April 12, 2003 Beatified: June 15, 2006 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Mariano de la Mata Aparicio (1905–1983), Professed Priest of the Augustinians (Palenca, Spain – São Paulo, Brazil) Venerated: December 20, 2004 Beatified: November 5, 2006 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Albertina Berkenbrock (1919–1931), Child of the Diocese of Tubarão; Martyr of Chastity (Santa Catarina, Brazil) Venerated: December 16, 2006 Beatified: October 20, 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Adílio Daronch (1908–1924), Child of the Diocese of Frederico Westphalen; Martyr (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Venerated: December 16, 2006 Beatified: October 21, 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Manuel Gómez González (1877–1924), Priest of the Diocese of Frederico Westphalen; Martyr (Pontevedra, Spain – Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Venerated: December 16, 2006 Beatified: October 21, 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Lindalva Justo de Oliveira (1953–1993), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Martyr of Chastity (Rio Grande do Sul – Bahia, Brazil) Venerated: December 16, 2006 Beatified: December 2, 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Barbara Maix (Maria Barbara of the Holy Trinity) (1818–1873), Founder of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Vienna, Austria – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Venerated: July 3, 2008 Beatified: November 6, 2010 by Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri Francisca de Paula de Jesus [Nhá Chica] (1810–1895), Laywoman of the Diocese of Campanha (Minas Gerais, Brazil) Venerated: January 14, 2011 Beatified: May 4, 2013 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Assunta Marchetti (1871–1948), Cofoundress of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinian Sisters) (Lucca, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil) Venerated: December 19, 2011 Beatified: October 25, 2014 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Francisco de Paula Victor (1827–1905), Priest of the Diocese of Campanha (Minas Gerais, Brazil) Venerated: May 10, 2012 Beatified: November 14, 2015 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Giovanni Schiavo (1903–1967), Professed Priest of the Josephites of Murialdo (Vicenza, Italy – Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Venerated: December 14, 2015 Beatified: October 28, 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Donizetti Tavares de Lima (1882–1961), Priest of the Diocese of São João da Boa Vista (Minas Gerais – São Paulo, Brazil) Venerated: October 9, 2017 Beatified: November 23, 2019 by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu Benigna Cardoso da Silva (1928–1941), Child Laywoman of the Diocese of Crato; Martyr of Chastity (Ceará, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": October 2, 2019 Beatified: October 24, 2022 by Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos (1962–1982), Young Laywoman of the Archdiocese of Mariana; Martyr of Chastity (Minas Gerais, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": October 27, 2020 Beatified: December 10, 2022 by Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis Nazareno Lanciotti (1940–2001), Professed Priest of the Vicariate o Rome; Fidei Donum Missionary in the Diocese of São Luiz de Cáceres; Member of the Marian Movement for Priests; Martyr (Rome, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": April 14, 2025 Beatified: June 13, 2026 by Cardinal João Braz de Aviz
Venerables Louise-Josephine Voiron [Marie-Theodore] (1835–1925), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambéry (Savoie, France – São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": February 18, 1989 Maria Conchita Farani [Antonieta of Sait Michael the Archangel] (1906–1963), Professed Religious of the Passionist Sisters of Saint Paul of the Cross (Paraná – São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": June 13, 1992 Rudolf Komorek (1890–1949), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco (Bielsko-Biała, Poland – São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": April 6, 1995 Attilio Giordani (1913–1972), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Milan; Member of the Salesian Cooperators (Milan, Italy – Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": October 9, 2013 Noeme Cinque [Serafina] (1913–1988), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Amazonas, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": January 27, 2014 Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos [Maria Teresa of the Eucharistic Jesus] (1901 - 1972), Founder of the Little Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate (São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": April 3, 2014 Antônio Ferreira Viçoso (1787–1875), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians); Bishop of Mariana (Lisbon, Portugal – Minas Gerais, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": July 8, 2014 Pelagio Sauter (1878–1961), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists (Zollernalbkreis, Germany – Goiânia, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": November 7, 2014 Giuseppe Marchetti (1869–1896), Professed Priest of the Scalabrinians; Cofounder of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinian Sisters) (Lucca, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": July 8, 2016 Felice Rossini [Daniele of Samarate] (1876–1924), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Varese, Italy – Pará, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": March 23, 2017 Pio Giannotti [Damiano of Bozzano] (1898–1997), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Lucca, Italy – Pernambuco, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": April 6, 2019 Nelson Santana [Nelsinho] (1955 - 1964), Child Layperson of the Diocese of Sao Carlos (São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": April 6, 2019 Hermínio Pinzetta [Salvador] (1911–1972), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Capuchins (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": May 13, 2019 Dinah Amorim [Maria of the Angels] (1917–1988), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Mary - Escolapias (Minas Gerais – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": December 11, 2019 Carmen Catarina Bueno [Maria do Carmo of the Holy Trinity] (1898–1966), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": January 23, 2020 Roberto Giovanni (1903–1994), Professed Religious of the Stigmatines (São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": October 27, 2020 Albino Alves da Cunha Silva (1882–1973), Professed Priest of the Diocese of Catanduva (Celorico de Basto – São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": February 20, 2021 Odette Vidal Cardoso [Odetinha] (1930–1939), Child Laywoman of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": November 25, 2021 Maria da Conceição Santos [Benigna Victim of Jesus] (1907–1981), Professed Religious of the Sisters Helpers of Our Lady of Mercy (Minas Gerais, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": February 18, 2022 Clemente Recalcati [Giampietro of Sesto San Giovanni] (1868–1913), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Founder of the Missionary Capuchin Sisters of Saint Francis of Assisi (Milan, Italy – Ceará, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": May 21, 2022 Vítor Coelho de Almeida (1899–1987), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists (Minas Gerais – São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": August 5, 2022 Franz de Castro Holzwarth (1942–1981), Layperson of the Diocese of São José dos Campos; Offering of life (Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": December 17, 2022 Aloísio Sebastião Boeing (1913–2006), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians); Founder of the Marian Fraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Brazil) Declared "Venerable": February 23, 2023 Maria Luiza Rezende Marques [Tereza Margarida of the Heart of Mary] (1915–2005), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Minas Gerais, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": May 20, 2023 Guido Vidal França Schäffer (1974–2009), Seminarian of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": May 20, 2023 Antônio de Almeida Lustosa (1886–1974), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Archbishop of Fortaleza (Minas Gerais – Pernambuco, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": June 22, 2023 Alberto Beretta (1916–2001), Professed Religious of Capuchin (Lombardia, Italy) Declared "Venerable": December 14, 2023 Libério Rodrigues Moreira (1884–1980), Professed Priest of the Diocese of Divinópolis (Minas Gerais, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": March 14, 2024 Vicenta Guilarte Alonso [Ildefonsa] (1879–1960), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Jesus (Burgos, Spain – Minas Gerais, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": June 20, 2024 José Antônio de Maria Ibiapina (1806–1883), Professed Priest of the Diocese of Guarabira (Ceará – Paraíba, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": March 28, 2025 John Pozzobon (1904–1985), Married Permanent Deacon of the Diocese of Santa Maria; Member of the Schonstatt Movement (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": June 20, 2025 Angelo Angioni (1915–2008), Professed Monsegnior of the Diocese of São José do Rio Preto (Nuoro, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": October 24, 2025 Maria de Lourdes Guarda (1926–1996), Laywoman of the Diocese of Jundiaí (São Paulo, Brazil) Declared "Venerable": November 21, 2025