The Catholic Church recognizes certain deceased Catholics as saints, beati, venerabili, and servants of God. Listed are those born, died, or lived in India.
Apostles Image Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Description Feast St. Thomas the Apostle (Mar Thoma) 1st century AD Galilee 3 July 72 AD Mylapore, Chennai (presently Santhome) The Apostle of India, who came to Tamilakam, present day Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and was martyred on St.Thomas Mount. (solemnity in India) St. Bartholomew the Apostle 1st century AD Cana, Galilee 1st century AD Armenia According to tradition, he did missionary activity in the region near Bombay on the Konkan coast.
Saints Early times Image Name Date of birthPlace of birth Date of death Place of death Description Feast Pantaenus 2nd century ADSicily c. 200 Alexandria, Egypt A Greek theologian and a significant figure in the Catechetical School of Alexandria who lived as a missionary in India. 7 July Severus of Vienne India c. 455 Italy A missionary priest in France, Indian by birth. Petroc c. 468 Wales c. 564 Cornwall, England A British abbot who lived in India where he tamed wolves and returned to Britain with a wolf companion he had met in India.
Modern times Image Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Description Feast Declared servant of God Declared venerable Beatified Canonised Diocese Rite St. Francis Xavier (Francisco de Jasso Azpilicueta) S.J. Navarra, Spain China Cofounder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (solemnity in India) Goa and Daman Latin St. Gonsalo Garcia (Gonçalo Garcia) O.F.M. Bassein, Bombay Nagasaki, Japan Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Martyr Vasai Latin St. John de Brito (João de Brito or Swami Arulanandar) S.J. Lisbon, Portugal Oriyur, Madurai Priest; Martyr Sivagangai LatinSt. Joseph Vaz (Juze Vaz) C.O. Benaulim, Goa Kandy, Sri Lanka Priest of the Oratorians Goa and Daman LatinSt. Devasahayam Pillai (Lazarus)Palliyadi, Tamil NaduAralvaimozhi, Tamil NauduMarried Layperson; MartyrKottarLatinSt. Kuriakose Elias Chavara C.M.I. Kainakari, Alappuzha Koonammavu, Ernakulam Cofounder and Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate; Founder of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel Changanassery Syro-MalabarSt. Mariam Baouardy (Maryam Bawardi or Marie of Jesus Crucified) O.C.D. Palestine (Ottoman Syria) Bethlehem Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns, helped found the missionary Carmel of Mangalore, India Mangalore LatinSt. Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan Thrissur, Kerala Thrissur, Kerala Cofounder of the Congregation of the Holy Family Irinjalakuda Syro-MalabarSt. Maximilian Kolbe (Rajmund Kolbe or Maksymilian Maria Kolbe) O.F.M.Conv. Poland Auschwitz death camp, Poland Professed Priest of the Franciscan Conventuals, Travelled in 1932 to Malabar, India, where he founded a monastery Verapoly LatinSt. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (Anna Muttathupadathu) Kottayam Kottayam Professed Religious of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation Palai Syro-Malabar St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Rosa Eluvathingal or Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) Kattoor, Irinjalakuda Ollur, Thrissur Professed Religious of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel Thrissur Syro-Malabar St. Teresa of Calcutta (Anjëzë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) Skopje, Macedonia Calcutta Founder of the Missionaries of Charity Calcutta Latin
Beatified Image Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Description Feast Declared servant of God Declared venerable Beatified Diocese Rite Bl. Odoric of PordenonePordenoneUdineFranciscan friar14 JanuaryBombay, Cuttack-BhubaneswarLatin Martyrs of Cuncolim Bl. Rodolfo Acquaviva Bl. Alphonsus Pacheco Bl. Peter Berno Bl. Anthony Francis Bl. Francis Aranha Goa Professed Priests and Religious of the Jesuits; Laypersons Goa and Daman Latin 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 Goa1598–1632 Japan Goa and Daman Latin Bls. Denis of the Nativity (Pierre Berthelot) and Redemptus of the Cross (Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha) Achen-Jakarta, Indonesia Professed Priest and Religious of the Discalced Carmelites; Martyrs Goa and Daman Latin Bl. Mary of the Passion (Helene-Marie-Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville) Nantes, France Sanremo, Italy Founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Ooty LatinMother Eliswa VakayilVypin, ErnakulamVarapuzhaWidow; Founder of the Congregation of Teresian CarmelitesVerapolyLatin Bl. Augustinose Thevarparampil (Kunjachan) Ramapuram, Kerala Ramapuram, Kerala Diocesan Priest Palai Syro-Malabar Bl. Sister Rani Maria (Mariam Vattalil) Pulluvazhy, Ernakulam Dhad Devanala village, Kampel, Indore Professed Religious of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, Martyr Indore Syro-Malabar
Group of martyrs The Four Martyrs of Thane (d. 9 April 1321 in Thane, India), Roman Catholic Bl. Thomas of Tolentino (Tommaso di Tolentino) (born ca. 1255), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Italy) James of Padua (Giacomo di Padua), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Italy) Peter of Siena (Pietro di Siena), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Italy) Demetrius of Tiflis (Demetrio da Tifliz), Layperson of the Diocese of Quilon (Georgia-Armenia) Beatification date: 10 October 1894 Feast: 9 April
Venerables Image Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Description Declared servant of God Declared venerable Diocese RiteVen. Matteo Ricci, SJMacerataBeijingPriest, scholar in Goa 1578-1582, ordained at CochinGoa and DamanLatinVen. Melchior de Marion BrésillacCastelnaudary, FranceFreetown, Sierra LeoneApostolic Vicar of CoimbatoreCoimbatoreLatin Ven. Joseph Alois Hartmann (Anastasius of Altwis), OFM. Cap. Switzerland Kurji, Patna Apostolic Vicar of Patna Allahabad Latin Ven. Veronica of the Passion (Sophia Leeves) Constantinople Pau, France Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns; Founder of the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel Bangalore LatinMathew MakilManjoor, KottayamKottayamApostolic Vicar of Changanacherry and Kottayam; Founder of the Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin MaryKottayamSyro-Malabar Ven. Mary Jane Wilson (Maria of Saint Francis) Harihara, Karnataka Madeira, Portugal Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Victory Shimoga LatinVen. António BarrosoRemelhe, Barcelos, PortugalPorto, PortugalBishop of Saint Thomas of MylaporeMadras and MylaporeLatin Ven. Thomas Kurialacherry Champakulam, Changanacherry Rome Eparch of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabarese; Founder of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Changanacherry Syro-Malabar Ven. Agnelo Gustavo Adolfo de Souza Anjuna, Goa Goa Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Francis Xavier of Pilar Goa and Daman Latin Ven. Varghese Payapilly Palakkappilly Konthuruthy Ernakulam Priest; Founder of the Sisters of the Destitute Ernakulam-Angamaly Syro-Malabar Ven. Mathew Kadalikattil Edappady, Kerala Pala, Kerala Diocesan Priest; Founder of the Sacred Heart Congregation Palai Syro-Malabar Ven. Fr. John Vincent, OCD Spain Spain Priest Verapoly LatinJoseph PanjikaranUzhuva, ErnakulamKothamangalamPriest; Founder of the Medical Sisters of Saint JosephErnakulam-AngamalySyro-MalabarGeevarghese Mar Ivanios (Geevarghese Thomas Panickerveetil)MavelikkaraTrivandrumFirst Archbishop of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church; Founder of the Congregation of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Ashram), the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ and the Daughters of MaryTrivandrumSyro-Malankara Ven. Fernanda Riva Monza, Milan Bombay Professed Religious of the Canossian Daughters of Charity Alleppey Latin Ven. Augustine John Ukken Thrissur, Kerala Chowannur, Thrissur, Kerala Priest; Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Trichur Thrissur Syro-MalabarVen. Constantine Vendrame, SDBItalyDibrugarhPriestShillongLatinSr. Dr. Mary Glowrey, JMJ (Mary of the Sacred Heart)Birregurra, AustraliaBangaloreFoundress of Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI)GunturLatin Ven. Zacarias Salterain Bizkarra (Zacarias of Saint Teresa), OCD Spain Aluva Priest Verapoly LatinSr. Maria Celine Kannanaikal, UMIKundanoor, TrichurKannurProfessed ReligiousKannurSyro-Malabar Ven. Pedro Landeta Azcueta (Aureliano of the Blessed Sacrament), OCD Spain Aluva Priest Verapoly Latin Ven. Joseph Vithayathil Puthenpally, Kerala Kuzhikkattussery, Kerala Priest of the Eparchy of Trichur (now within the Eparchy of Irinjalakuda); Co-founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family Irinjalakuda Syro-MalabarFr. Michael Koodalloor (Theophane of Kottappuram), OFM Cap.KottapuramPonnurinni, ErnakulamPriestVerapolyLatin Ven. Francesco Convertini, SDB Marinelli, Italy Krishnagar Priest Krishnagar Latin Ven. Stefano Ferrando, SDB Rossiglione, Genova, Italy Genova, Italy Bishop of Shillong; Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Mary, Help of Christians Shillong Latin
Servants of God This section includes those who have been formally declared as a Servant of God by a bishop, or listed as a Servant of God by a conference of bishops.