List of American proposed candidates for Catholic sainthood

The following American Catholics are still being endorsed and promoted for sainthood causes by Catholic associations and dioceses but have not yet had such proposals accepted by a bishop or diocese.

Proposed candidates for sainthood Image Candidate for Sainthood Born Died Church Status Diocese Type of Cause1656Andrew Whitec. 1579 London, England, United Kingdom27 December 1656 London, England, United KingdomProfessed Priest, JesuitsBaltimoreHeroic Virtues1675Jacques Marquette1 June 1637 Laon, Aisne, France18 May 1675 near Ludington, MichiganProfessed Priest, JesuitsMarquetteHeroic Virtues1824Charles Nerinckx2 October 1761 Herfelingen, Herne, Belgium12 August 1824 Ste. Genevieve, MissouriDiocesan Priest; Founder, Sisters of LorettoLouisvilleHeroic Virtues1833Anne Marie Becraft (rel. name: Aloysius)c. 1805 Washington, D.C.16 December 1833 Baltimore, MarylandProfessed Religious, Oblate Sisters of ProvidenceBaltimoreHeroic Virtues1839Benjamin Marie Petit8 April 1811 Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France10 February 1839 St. Louis, MissouriProfessed Priest, SulpiciansVincennesHeroic Virtues1843Yelizaveta Golitsyna (rel. name: Mary Elizabeth)22 February 1797 Saint Petersburg, Russia7 December 1843 New Orleans, LouisianaProfessed Religious, Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of JesusNew OrleansHeroic Virtues1846Helio Koa'eloac. 1815 Maui, Hawaii1846 Maui, HawaiiMarried Layperson; CatechistHonoluluHeroic Virtues1851Juliette Noel Toussaintc. 1786 in Haiti14 May 1851 in New York City, New York, United StatesMarried LaypersonNew YorkHeroic Virtues1858Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras30 August 1792 in Lyon, Rhône, France19 February 1858 in Dubuque, IowaBishop of DubuqueDubuqueHeroic VirtuesCatherine Spalding23 December 1793 Pomfret, Maryland20 March 1858 Louisville, KentuckyFounder, Sisters of Charity of NazarethBardstownHeroic Virtues1861Maria Sybilla Riepp (rel. name: Benedicta)28 June 1825 Waal, Bavaria, Germany15 March 1862 St. Cloud, MinnesotaProfessed Religious, Benedictine Nuns (Bavarian Congregation)Saint CloudHeroic Virtues1862Celestina Cordero Molina6 April 1787 San Juan, Puerto Rico18 January 1862 San Juan, Puerto RicoLaypersonSan Juan de Puerto RicoHeroic Virtues1865 Francis Asbury Baker30 March 1820 Baltimore, Maryland4 April 1865 New York City, New YorkPriest and Cofounder, Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers)New YorkHeroic Virtues1869Robert Walsh (rel. name: Arsenius)1 January 1804 Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland14 October 1869 ʻĀhuimanu, Honolulu, HawaiiProfessed Priest, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus)HonoluluHeroic Virtues1870Jean-Marie Odin25 February 1800 Ambierle, Loire, France25 May 1870 Ambierle, Loire, FrancePriest, Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians); Archbishop of New OrleansNew OrleansHeroic Virtues1872Pierre Yves Kéralum2 March 1817 Quimper, Finistère, France12 November 1872 Mercedes, TexasProfessed Priest, Missionary Oblates of Mary ImmaculateSan AntonioHeroic Virtues1873Pierre-Jean De Smet30 January 1801 Dendermonde, East Flanders, Belgium23 May 1873 St. Louis, MissouriProfessed Priest, JesuitsSt. LouisHeroic Virtues1874Honora Mattingly (rel. name: Ursula)23 October 1808 Baltimore, Maryland1874 Emmitsburg, MarylandProfessed Religious, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de PaulBuffaloHeroic Virtues1876Giovanni Paulo Pietrobattista (rel. name: Pamfilo of Magliano)12 (or 22) April 1824 Magliano de' Marsi, L'Aquila, Italy15 November 1876 Rome, ItalyProfessed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor; Founder, Franciscan Sisters of Allegany and the Joliet Franciscan SistersAllegheny and Joliet in IllinoisHeroic Virtues1877Louis-Amadeus Rappe2 February 1801 Audrehem, Pas-de-Calais, France9 August 1877 St. Albans, VermontBishop of Cleveland; Founder, Sisters of Charity of St. AugustineClevelandHeroic Virtues1878James Whelan8 December 1823 Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland18 February 1878 Zanesville, OhioProfessed Priest, Dominicans; Bishop of Nashville; Founder, Dominican Sisters of St. CeciliaNashvilleHeroic Virtues1879Alice Mary Thorpe (rel. name: Catherine Mary Antoninus)1844 London, England, United Kingdom1879 Sparkill, New YorkFounder, Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary (now known as Dominican Sisters of Sparkill)New YorkHeroic Virtues1880Franc Pirec20 November 1785 Godič, Kamnik, Slovenia22 January 1880 Ljubljana, SloveniaDiocesan PriestSaint CloudHeroic VirtuesAnna Katharina Berger (rel. name: Mary Odilia)30 April 1823 Regen, Bavaria, Germany17 October 1880 St. Louis, MissouriFounder, Sisters of Saint Mary (now known as Franciscan Sisters of Mary)St. LouisHeroic Virtues1881Caspar Rehrl31 December 1809 Salzburg, Austria3 September 1881 Barton, WisconsinDiocesan Priest; Founder, Sisters of Saint AgnesMilwaukeeHeroic Virtues1886Mary Hardey (rel. name: Mary Aloysia)8 December 1809 Piscataway, Maryland17 June 1886 Paris, FranceProfessed Religious, Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of JesusAlbanyHeroic VirtuesPierre Antoine Levy17 December 1886 Gainesville, TexasDiocesan PriestFort WorthHeroic Virtues1887Mary Frances Clarke2 March 1803 Dublin, Ireland4 December 1887 Dubuque, IowaFounder, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin MaryDubuqueHeroic VirtuesSebastian Wimmer (rel. name: Boniface)14 January 1809 Thalmassing, Bavaria, Germany8 December 1887 Latrobe, PennsylvaniaProfessed Priest and Founder of the Benedictines (American-Cassinese Congregation)GreensburgHeroic Virtues1888John Christopher Drumgoole15 August 1816 Granard, County Longford, Ireland28 March 1888 New York City, New YorkDiocesan Priest; Founder, Sisters of Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate VirginNew YorkHeroic VirtuesFranz Xaver Weninger31 October 1805 Wildhaus, Styria, Austria29 June 1888 Cincinnati, OhioProfessed Priest, JesuitsCincinnatiHeroic Virtues1889Anna Hinkle (rel. name: Euphrasie)15 September 1847 Carrollton, Kentucky27 August 1889 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IndianaProfessed Religious, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-WoodsIndianapolisHeroic Virtues1891Thomas Scott Preston23 July 1824 Hartford, Connecticut4 November 1891 New York City, New YorkDiocesan Priest; Founder, Sisters of the Divine CompassionNew YorkHeroic Virtues1892Almeide Maxis Duchemin (rel. name: Theresa)8 April 1810 Baltimore, Maryland4 January 1892 West Chester, PennsylvaniaCofounder, Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Oblate Sisters of ProvidenceDetroitHeroic Virtues1893Josephine [Ptesanwanyakapi] Crowfeather(rel. name: Mary Catherine)1867 near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North or South Dakota1893 Berthold, North DakotaFounder, Congregation of American SistersBismarckHeroic Virtues1894Elizabeth Hayes (rel. name: Mary Ignatius of Jesus)1823 Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, United Kingdom6 May 1894 Rome, ItalyFounder, Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate ConceptionSaint Paul and MinneapolisHeroic Virtues1895Patrick Manogue28 May 1831 Desart, County Kilkenny, Ireland27 February 1895 Sacramento, CaliforniaBishop of SacramentoSacramentoHeroic Virtues1896Princess AngelineHoly Things, Holy People – The Rosary of Princess Angeline, June 8, 2014 [Kikisublo] c. 1820 Rainier Beach, Seattle, Washington31 May 1896 Seattle, WashingtonLaypersonSeattleHeroic VirtuesCatherine Rosamund Fitzgibbon(rel. name: Mary Irene)12 May 1824 London, United Kingdom14 August 1896 New York City, New YorkProfessed Religious, Sisters of Charity of New YorkNew YorkHeroic Virtues1897Augustine Francis Hewit27 November 1820 Fairfield, Connecticut3 July 1897 New York City, New YorkPriest and Cofounder, Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers)New YorkHeroic VirtuesMary Ellen O'Connell (rel.name: Anthony)15 August 1814 Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland8 December 1897 Cumminsville, Cincinnati, OhioProfessed Religious, Sisters of Charity of CincinnatiCincinnatiHeroic Virtues1899John Joseph Jessing17 November 1836 Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany2 November 1899 Columbus, OhioDiocesan PriestColumbusHeroic VirtuesMaria Catherine Moes (rel. name: Mary Alfred)28 October 1828 Remich, Luxembourg18 December 1899 Rochester, MinnesotaFounder, Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester and the Sisters of Saint Francis of Mary Immaculate Winona–RochesterHeroic Virtues1900Margaret Dowling (rel. name: Mary Dominic)1853 Ballyconra, County Kilkenny, Ireland14 July 1900 Sparkill, New YorkFounder, Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary (now known as Dominican Sisters of Sparkill)New YorkHeroic Virtues1901Ignacij Mrak16 October 1818 Hotovlja, Slovenia2 January 1901 Marquette, MichiganBishop of Saulte Saint Marie and Marquette MarquetteHeroic VirtuesEliza Allen Starr29 August 1824 Deerfield, Massachusetts8 September 1901 Durand, IllinoisLayperson ChicagoHeroic Virtues1902Esther Pariseau (rel. name: Marie-Joseph of the Sacred Heart)16 April 1823 Laval, Quebec, Canada19 January 1902 Vancouver, WashingtonProfessed Religious, Sisters of Providence of MontréalSeattleHeroic Virtues1903Gulstan Ropert30 August 1839 St.-Gildas-de-Rhuys, Morbihan, France4 January 1903 Honolulu, HawaiiPriest, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus); Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian IslandsHonoluluHeroic VirtuesMathilda Taylor Beasley14 November 1832 New Orleans, Louisiana20 December 1903 Savannah, GeorgiaProfessed Religious, Franciscan Nuns of the Third Order RegularSavannahHeroic VirtuesGeorge Deshon20 January 1823 New London, Connecticut30 December 1903 New York City, New YorkPriest and Cofounder, Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers)New YorkHeroic Virtues1905Anne Marie Hazotte (rel. name: Agnes)7 May 1847 Buffalo, New York6 March 1905 Hays, KansasCofounder, Sisters of Saint AgnesMilwaukeeHeroic Virtues1907Samuel Hendersonc. 188213 February 1907 Memphis, TennesseeLaypersonMemphisHeroic Virtues1908John Green HanningFrom Cowboy to Contemplative Vocation Blog, 8 October 2015 (rel. name: Mary Joachim)12 January 1849 Kentucky30 April 1908 Bardstown, KentuckyProfessed Religious, TrappistsLouisvilleHeroic Virtues1909François Xavier Prefontaine1838 Longueuil, Quebec, Canada4 March 1909 Seattle, WashingtonDiocesan PriestSeattleHeroic Virtues1915Catherine Mehegan (rel. name: Mary Xavier)19 February 1825 Skibereen, County Cork, Ireland24 June 1915 Convent Station, New JerseyCofounder, Sisters of Charity of Saint ElizabethNewarkHeroic Virtues1918Alfred Joyce Kilmer6 December 1886 New Brunswick, New Jersey30 July 1918 near Seringes-et-Nesles, Marne, FranceMarried LaypersonNewarkHeroic Virtues1922Mary Walsh1850 New York1922 New YorkFounder, Dominican Sisters of the Sick PoorNew YorkHeroic Virtues1926Helena PelczarHelena Pelczar: A Story of Sacrifice and Heavenly Devotion Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries, 30 June 201725 December 1888 Korczyna, Krosno, Poland27 April 1926 Cleveland, OhioLaypersonClevelandHeroic Virtues1929Emma Franziska Höll (rel. name: Mary Alexia)1838 Germany1929 Founder, School Sisters of St. FrancisLa CrosseHeroic Virtues1931Elizabeth Barbara Williams (rel. name: Mary Theodore)11 February 1868 Baton Rouge, Louisiana14 July 1931 New York City, New YorkFounder, Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of MaryNew YorkHeroic Virtues1932Benjamin Joseph SalmonThe Path to Sainthood for Ben SalmonGroup wants sainthood for Ben Salmon, WWI draft resister from Denver The Denver Post, 24 April 201615 October 1888 Denver, Colorado15 February 1932 Chicago, IllinoisMarried LaypersonChicagoHeroic VirtuesAmbrose Kanoealu'i Hutchisonc. 1856 Honomāʻele, Hāna Hawaii17 July 1932 Kalaupapa, Moloka'i, HawaiiMarried LaypersonHonoluluHeroic Virtues1933Daniel Arthur Rudd7 August 1854 Bardstown, Kentucky3 December 1933 Bardstown, KentuckyLaypersonLouisvilleHeroic VirtuesSusana Carty(rel. name: Mary Praxedes)1854 Bawnboy, County Cavan, Ireland16 December 1933 St. Louis, MissouriProfessed Religious, Sisters of LorettoEl PasoHeroic Virtues1935Lurana White(rel. name: Mary Francis)12 April 1870 Warwick, New York15 April 1935 Graymo