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List of South American saints

This page is a list of South American saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the territories of South America.

Image of St. Rose of Lima, first person born in the Americas to be canonized, in the church at Paniqui.

The Catholic Church entered South America in 1500 through Brazil and quickly expanded across the continent with the Spanish and Portuguese cultures. Today this area remains heavily Catholic.

List of saints edit

The following is the list of saints, including the year in which they were canonized and the country or countries with which they are associated.

List of blesseds edit

List of venerables edit

  • Ven. Francisco Camacho (1629–1698), Hospitaller of Saint John of God (Peru)
    • Declared Venerable: 1 January 1881
  • Ven. Pedro Urraca (1583–1657), Mercedarian priest (Peru and Ecuador)[1]
    • Declared Venerable: 31 January 1981
  • Ven. Dorotea de Chopitea (1816–1891), lay Salesian (Chile)
    • Declared Venerable: 9 June 1983
  • Ven. Mariano Avellana Lasierra (1844–1904), Claretian priest (Chile)
    • Declared Venerable: 23 October 1987
  • Ven. Vicente Albistur (1562–1619), Dominican priest (Bolivia)
    • Declared Venerable: 22 January 1991
  • Ven. Camila Rolón (1842–1913), foundress, Poor Sisters of Saint Joseph of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 2 April 1993
  • Ven. Emilia de San Jose Chapellin Istúriz (1858–1893), foundress, Little Sisters of the Poor of Maiquetía (Venezuela)
    • Declared Venerable: 23 December 1993
  • Ven. Isabel Tejada Cuartas (1887–1925), religious, Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate and Saint Catherine of Siena (Colombia)
    • Declared Venerable: 26 March 1994
  • Ven. Jose Leon Torres (1849–1930), Mercedarian priest (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 26 March 1994
  • Ven. Julio Matovelle (1852–1929), secular priest and founder, Missionary Oblates of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Ecuador and Venezuela)
    • Declared Venerable: 26 March 1994
  • Ven. Teresa of the Cross Alvarez-Calderon (1875–1953), foundress, Canonesses of the Cross (Peru)
    • Declared Venerable: 3 April 2009
  • Ven. Luisa Marcelina de San Jose Aveledo y Aveledo (1874–1959), foundress, Sisters of the Poor of Saint Peter Claver (Colombia and Venezuela)
    • Declared Venerable: 20 December 2012
  • Ven. Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño (1874–1964), founderess, Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculata (Ecuador)
    • Declared Venerable: 20 December 2012
  • Ven. Clemens Fuhl (1874–1935), Augustinian priest (Bolivia)
    • Declared Venerable: 9 December 2013
  • Ven. Maria Benita Arias (1822–1894), foundress, Sisters Servants of Jesus in the Sacrament (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 27 January 2014
  • Ven. Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux (1908–1982), Capuchin Bishop (Chile)
    • Declared Venerable: 7 November 2014
  • Ven. Virginia Blanco Tardío (1916–1990), laywoman (Bolivia)
    • Declared Venerable: 22 January 2015
  • Ven. Rafaél Manuel Almansa Riaño (1840–1927), professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Colombia)
    • Declared Venerable: 9 May 2016
  • Ven. Andrés García Acosta (1800-1853), professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor (Chile)
    • Declared Venerable: 8 July 2016
  • Ven. Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma (1902–1943), member of Opus Dei (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 21 December 2016
  • Ven. Octavio Ortiz Arrieta (1879–1958), Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)
    • Declared Venerable: 27 February 2017
  • Ven. Ismael Perdomo Borrero (1872-1950), archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia)
    • Declared Venerable: 7 July 2017
  • Ven. Tomás Morales Pérez (1908–1994), professed priest, Jesuits; founder, Secular Institutes of the Crusaders of Mary (Venezuela)
    • Declared Venerable: 8 November 2017
  • Ven. Isora María del Tránsito Ocampo (1841–1900), religious of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 19 May 2018
  • Ven. Miguel Ángel Builes (1888–1971), Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)
    • Declared Venerable: 19 May 2018
  • Ven. Raffaella Veintemilla Villacís (1836–1918), foundress of the Congregation of the Augustinian Daughters of the Most Holy Saviour, (Ecuador), (Peru)
    • Declared Venerable: 7 November 2018
  • Ven. Enrique Ernesto Shaw (1921–1962), businessman, (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 24 April 2021
  • Ven. Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi (1899–1966), bishop of the territorial prelature of Moyobamba (Peru)
    • Declared Venerable: 5 August 2022
  • Ven. Jesús Antonio Gómez Gómez (1895–1971) Diocesan priest (Colombia)
    • Declared Venerable: 5 August 2022
  • Ven. José Marcos Figueroa (1865–1942) Jesuits priest (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 17 December 2022
  • Ven. Nicolás Ayllón (1632–1677), layman (Peru)
    • Declared Venerable: N/A
  • Ven. Peter Bardesio, lay Franciscan (Chile)[1]
    • Declared Venerable: N/A

In addition, Habig refers to Paul Emilian Reynaud, a Franciscan priest martyred in 1862 in Bolivia, of whom he says the "title of 'Venerable' has, it seems, been bestowed on him popularly, not officially."

List of Servants of God edit

  • Servant of God Cecilia Maria of the Holy Face (1973–2016), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Argentina)[2][3]
  • Servant of God Luigi Bolla [Luigi Bolla Sartori] (Yankuam' Jintia) (1932-2013), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco (Peru)
  • Servant of God Julio César Duarte Ortellado (1906–1943), secular priest (Argentina and Paraguay)
  • Servant of God Ysabel Lagrange (1855–1933), foundress, Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Miguel Antonio Salas Salas (1915-2003), priest of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists); archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Mariana de Jesus Torres (1563–1635), Conceptionist nun and visionary of Our Lady of Good Success (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God María Esperanza Medrano Parra de Bianchini (1928-2004), layperson of the dioceses of Los Teques and Metuche; married, Mystic and received the stigmata and Marian Appraritions (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Joseph Walijewski (1924–2006), secular priest (Diocese of La Crosse, WI, USA) (Peru and Bolivia)
  • Servant of God Guillermo Muzzio (1972-2002), Seminarian of the Diocese of San Miguel (Argentina)
  • Servant of God José Antonio Sarasola Uruláin (Barnabé of Larraul) (1907-1998), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Adela Sesso (Maria Benedetta of the Immaculate) (1918-2001), Professed Religious of the Poor Sisters of Saint Joseph of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Amanda Gilseth Ruiz Suarez [Amandita] (1999-2005), Child of the Archdiocese of San Cristobal de Venezuela (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Salvador García Pintos (1891-1956), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Montevideo (Uruguay)
  • Servant of God Mercedes Reyes Sánchez (Mercedes of Saint Therese) (1930-2012), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Lucio Leon Cardenas (1913-2010), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of San Cristobal de Venezuela (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Pedro Manuel Salado de Alba (1968–2012), Layperson of the Diocese of Esmeraldas; Member of the Ecclesial Family "Hogar de Nazaret" (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Jorge Novak (1928–2001), Professed Priest of the Society of the Divine Word; Bishop of Quilmes (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Jose Cappel Farfsing [Joseph Henry Cappel] (1908–2004), Priest of the Maryknoll Missionary Society (Chile)
  • Servant of God Margarita Fonseca Silvestre (1884–1945), Founder of the Servants of Christ the Priest (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Federico (Friedrich) Grote (1853–1940), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Manuel (prob. 1604–1686), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Jorge Maria (Georges) Salvaire (1847–1899), Priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Alonzo de Barzana (ca. 1530–1597), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Peru)
  • Servant of God Andrea Aziani [Andres Aziani Samek-Lodovici] (1953–2008), Layperson of the Diocese of Carabayllo; Member of the Memores Domini Lay Association (Peru)
  • Servant of God Pablo Muñoz Vega (1903–1994), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Archbishop of Quito; Cardinal (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Hernán Alessandri Morandé (1935–2007), Professed Priest of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers (Chile)
  • Servant of God Fermín Emilio Lobo (Antonio of Jesus) (1873–1942), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Reginaldo Toro (1830–1904), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Bishop of Cordoba; Founder of the Dominican Tertiary Sisters of Saint Joseph (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Joaquín Carlos Paredes Pérez (Jesús of the Cross) (1911–1998), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (1927–2006), Priest of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei; Archbishop of Guayaquil (Argentina-Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Adolfo Rodriguez Vidal (1920–2003), Priest of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei; Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles (Chile)
  • Servant of God Mario Pantaleo (1915–1992), priest of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires; faith healer and mystic (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Daniel Badiali Massironi (1962–1997), priest of the diocese of Faenza-Modigliana; Fidei Donum missionary in the diocese of Huari (Peru)
  • Servant of God Ramón Zubieta Les (1864–1921), bishop of Puerto Maldonado; cofounder, Missionary Dominican Sisters of the Rosary (Peru)
  • Servant of God Emilio Lissón Chávez (1872–1961), priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) (Peru)
  • Servant of God John Joseph Mckniff (1872–1994), professed priest, Augustinians (Peru)
  • Servant of God Diego Ruiz Ortiz (1532–1571), professed priest, Augustinians (Peru)
  • Servant of God Luis López de Solís (1535–1606), bishop of Quito, Augustinians (Peru)
  • Servant of God Rosa Mercedes de Castañeda Coello (1856–1950), founder, Religious Reparatrices of the Sacred Heart (Peru)
  • Servant of God Francisco Tito Yupanqui (1540-1616), layperson of the diocese of El Alto (Peru)
  • Servant of God Serapio Rivero Nicolás (1917-2002), professed priest, Augustinians (Peru)
  • Servant of God Enrique Pèlach Feliu (1917-2007), bishop of Abancay (Peru)
  • Servant of God José Álvarez Fernández (1890-1970), professed priest, Dominicans (Peru)
  • Servant of God Friedrich Kaiser Depel (1903-1993), bishop of Caravelí (Peru)
  • Servant of God Alfonso María De La Cruz Sardinas Zavala (1842-1902), professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Peru)
  • Servant of God Melchora Saravia Tasayco (1895-1951), layperson of the diocese of Ica, Secular Franciscans (Peru)
  • Servant of God María Josefa Camila Del Carmen Álvarez Salas (1860-1924), founder, Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Peru)
  • Servant of God Pío Sarobe Otaño (1855-1910), professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Peru)[1]
  • Servant of God Francisco del Castillo (1615-1673), professed priest, Jesuits (Peru)
  • Servant of God Juan de Alloza Menacho (1597-1666), professed priest, Jesuits (Peru)
  • Servant of God Luisa De La Torre Rojas (1819-1869), layperson of the archdiocese of Lima (Peru)
  • Servant of God Nicolás De Dios Ayllón (1632-1677), layperson of the archdiocese of Lima; married (Peru)
  • Servant of God Nicolasa Castillo Negrón (1894-1965), professed religious, Franciscan Religious Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Peru)
  • Servant of God Alejandro Labaka Ugarte (1920-1987), apostolic vicar of Aguarico (Ecuador), (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Inés Arango Velásquez (1937-1987), professed religious, Tertiary Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family (Ecuador), (Colombia)
  • Servant of God José María Yerovi Pintado (1819-1867), bishop of Quito (Ecuador)[1]
  • Servant of God José Ignacio Checa y Barba (1829-1877), archbishop of Quito; Martyr (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Francisco De Jesús Bolaños Rosero (1701-1785), professed priest, Mercedarians (Ecuador), (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Angela Elena Muñoz Moral (1890-1911), young layperson of the diocese of Latacunga (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Rafael Armando Fajardo Rodríguez (1871-1942), priest of the diocese of Azogues (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God José Antonio Sarasola Uruláin (1907-1988), professed priest, Capuchin Franciscans (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Julio Tobar Donoso (1894-1981), layperson of the archdiocese of Quito; married (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Juan María Riera Moscoso (1866-1915), bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Carlos Crespi Croci (1891-1982), professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco (Ecuador),
  • Servant of God Alberto Ferri Garavelli (1935-2009), professed priest, Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Ecuador),
  • Servant of God Pedro Manuel Salado De Alba (1968-2012), professed religious, Ecclesial Family «Hogar de Nazaret» (Ecuador),
  • Servant of God Enrique Alvear Urrutia (1916-1982), titular bishop of Sita; auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile)
  • Servant of God Orazio de Vecchi Ghigi (1577-1612), professed priest, Jesuits (Chile)[1]
  • Servant of God Martín de Aranda Valdivia (1556-1612), professed priest, Jesuits (Chile)
  • Servant of God Diego de Montalbán (1612), novice, Jesuits (Chile)
  • Servant of God Pedro de Bardeci Aguanico (1641-1700), professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor (Chile)
  • Servant of God Mario Mariano Hiriart Pulido (1931-1964), layperson of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile (Chile)
  • Servant of God Guillermo Hartl de Laufen (1904-1977), professed priest, Capuchin Franciscans; apostolic vicar of Araucanía (now the diocese of Villarrica) (Chile)
  • Servant of God Rufino Zazpe Zabalza (1891-1977), professed religious, Discalced Carmelites (Chile)
  • Servant of God Esteban Gumucio Vives (1914-2001), professed priest, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus) (Chile)
  • Servant of God Josefa Fernández Concha (1835-1928), professed religious, Religious of the Good Shepherd (Chile), (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Bernarda Morin (1832-1929), founder, Sisters of Providence of Chile (Chile)
  • Servant of God Andrés García Acosta (1800-1853), professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor (Chile)
  • Servant of God María del Carmen Benavides y Mujica (1777-1849), layperson of the diocese of Valparaíso; member, Lay Dominicans (Chile)
  • Servant of God Hernán Alessandri Morandé (1935-2007), professed priest, Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers (Chile)
  • Servant of God Antonio Rendic (1896-1993), layperson of the archdiocese of Antofagasta; married (Chile)
  • Servant of God Joseph Henry Cappel (1908-2004), priest of the Maryknoll Missionary Society (Chile)
  • Servant of God Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal (1920-2003), priest of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei; bishop of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Chile)
  • Servant of God Pere Marcer Cuscó (1854-1927), professed religious, Claretians (Chile)
  • Servant of God María Patricia García García de Reyes (1924-2006), layperson of the archdiocese of Caracas; married; cofounder, “Fe y Alegría” (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Abraham Reyes Díaz (1917-1988), permanent deacon of the archdiocese of Caracas; married; cofounder, “Fe y Alegría” Association (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Luis Rafaél Tinoco Yepez (1915-1988), priest of the diocese of Los Teques (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Martín Martínez Monsalve (1919-2006), priest of the archdiocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz (1887-1937), bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God María Geralda [Medarda] Guerrero García de Piñero (1885-1972), layperson of the diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela; married (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal (1915-2003), titular bishop Vinda; auxiliary bishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Mireya Asunta Escalante Innecco (1918-2003), professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Sixto Sosa Díaz (1870-1943), bishop of Cumaná; cofounder, Carmelite Sisters of Venezuela (Carmelites of Mother Candelaria) (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God María Israel Bogotá Baquero (1943-1991), professed religious, Carmelites of Mother Candelaria (Venezuela), (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Georgina Josefa Febres Cordero Troconis (1861-1925), founder, Dominican Sisters of Saint Rose of Lima (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Salvador Montes de Oca (1895-1944), bishop of Valencia (Venezuela); novice, Carthusians (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Arturo Celestino Álvarez Valverde (1870-1952), bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God José Alí Lebrún Moratinos (1919-2001), archbishop of Caracas; cardinal (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Juana Josefa Bermúdez Pirela (1898-1993), professed religious, Little Sisters of the Poor of Maiquetía (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Cesáreo Gil Atrio (1922-1997), priest of the Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God José María Zapico Díaz (1883-1945), professed priest, Dominicans (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Arístides Calvani Silva (1918-1986), layperson of the archdiocese of Caracas; married (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Adela Rina Abbo Fontana de Calvani (1919-1986), layperson of the archdiocese of Caracas; married (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Saturnino Ibarguren Guridi (1856-1927), professed priest, Jesuits (Colombia)[1]
  • Servant of God Luís María Zuluaga Zuluaga (1888-1982), priest of the archdiocese of Manizales (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Ana María Lozano Díaz (1910-1982), professed religious, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Agustín de Gormáz Velasco [Agustín de Coruña] (1508-1589), professed priest, Augustinians; bishop of Popayán (Colombia)
  • Servant of God María Ligia Arango Siegert (1915-1984), professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Marcos Dionisio Sánchez Lozano (1887-1970), priest of the archdiocese of Tunja (Colombia)
  • Servant of God María Sara Alvarado Pontón (1902-1980), founder, Dominican Daughters of Our Lady of Nazareth (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Enrique Alberto Higuera Barrera (1906-1976), professed priest, Dominicans; cofounder,  Dominican Daughters of Our Lady of Nazareth (Colombia)
  • Servant of God María De Jesús Upegui Moreno (1835-1921), founder, Servants of the Blessed Sacrament and Charity (Colombia)
  • Servant of God José Benedicto Soto Mejía (1904-1973), priest of the diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Toribio Maya Sarmiento (1848-1930), layperson of the diocese of Popayán (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Jorge Murcia Riaño (1895-1944), priest of the archdiocese of Bogotá; founder, Sisters of Saint John the Evangelist (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Emilio Sotomayor Luque (1900-1983), priest of the archdiocese of Bogotá; founder, Religious Sisters of Social Communication (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Rafael García Herreros Unda (1909-1992), priest of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists) (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Nicolás Rodríguez Campo [Nicolau Rodrigues] (1830-1900), professed priest, Jesuits (Colombia)

Candidates for sainthood edit

Others have been proposed for beatification, and may have active groups supporting their causes. These include:

  • Gabriel García Moreno (1821–1875), layman and President (Ecuador)
  • Ignacio Larrañaga (1928–2013), spanish Capuchin priest; founder of the Prayer and Life Workshops (Chile)[4]
  • Eugenio Biffi (1829–1896), priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions; bishop of Cartagena (Colombia)[5]
  • Sara Colonia Zambrano [Sarita] (1914–1940), Young Laywoman of the Archdiocese of Lima (Peru)[6]
  • Clemente Díaz Rodríguez (1848–1905), priest of the diocese of San Bernardo; founder of the Sisters of Mercy of Maipo (Chile)
  • Argentino del Valle Larrabure (1932–1975) married layperson and military officer; Martyr (Argentina)[7]
  • Luís Espinal Camps (1932–1980), spanish Jesuit priest and activist; Martyr (Bolivia)[8]
  • Nicolás Pakarati Urepotahi (1860-1927) and Elizabet Rangitaki Temaki Urepotahi (1869-1949), Married Laypersons from the Diocese of Villarrica; Catechists (Chile)[9]
  • Omayra Sánchez (1972–1982), young layperson of the diocese of Líbano–Honda (Colombia)[10][11]
  • Roque Jacinto Solaque (1968–1996) layperson, mystic and stigmatized (Colombia)[12]
  • María de la Cruz Morínigo (1931–1996), married layperson of the diocese of Posadas and activist (Argentina and Paraguay)[13]
  • Pocho Lepratti (1966–2001) layperson and school teacher; Martyr (Argentina)[14]
  • Isaías Duarte Cancino (1939–2002), archbishop of Cali; Martyr (Colombia)[15]
  • Nínawa Daher (1979–2011), layperson of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires (Argentina)[16][17]
  • José María Masià Vidiella (1815-1902) professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor, bishop of Loja (Peru), (Ecuador)
  • Antonio Porturas Plaza (1922-1988) professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Peru)
  • Vicente Hondarza Gómez (1935-1983), priest of the Spanish Foreign Mission Institute (Peru)
  • Irene Mccormack (1938-1991), professed religious, Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Peru)
  • Giulio Rocca (1962-1992), layperson of the diocese of Como (Peru)
  • Bernardo Calle González (1876-1904), professed priest, Augustinians (Peru)
  • Manuel García Marina (1892-1926), professed religious, Dominicans (Peru)
  • José Arnaldo Alba (1892-1937), professed priest, Dominicans (Peru)
  • Joan Sawyer (1932-1983), professed religious, Sisters of Saint Columban (Peru)
  • Carlos Riudavets Montes (1945-2018), professed priest, Jesuits (Peru)
  • Paul McAuley (1947-2019), professed religious, De La Salle Brothers (Peru)
  • Aldo Menghi (1944-1995), professed religious, Congregation of the Schools of Charity, Cavanis Institute (Ecuador)
  • Mirosław Józef Karczewski (1965-2001), professed priest, Conventual Franciscans (Ecuador)
  • Víctor Betancourt Ruiz (1966-2008), professed priest, Jesuits (Ecuador)
  • José María Caro Rodríguez (1886-1958), archbishop of Santiago; cardinal (Chile)
  • Joan Alsina Hurtós (1942-1973), priest of the diocese of Girona, Fidei Donum missionary (Chile)
  • Gerardo Poblete Fernández (1942-1973), professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco (Chile)
  • André Joachim Jarlan Pourcel (1941-1984), priest of the diocese of Rodez, Fidei Donum missionary (Chile)
  • Roberto de Jesús Berríos Gaínza (1885-1975), professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor; bishop of San Felipe (Chile)
  • Felisa Urrutia Langarica (1913-1991), professed religious, Carmelite Sisters of Charity “Vedruna” (Venezuela)
  • Bernard Darke (1925-1979), professed priest, Jesuits (Guyana)
  • Georges Bouvier (1928-2002), professed priest, Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) (French Guiana, France)
  • Álvaro Ulcué Chocué (1943-1984), priest of the archdiocese of Popayán (Colombia)
  • Hubert Gillard (Daniel) (1936-1985), professed priest, Augustinians of the Assumption (Colombia)
  • Jaime León Restrepo López (1943-1988), priest of the archdiocese of Medellín (Colombia)
  • Teresita Ramírez Vargas (1947-1989), professed religious, Company of Mary (Colombia)
  • Sergio Restrepo Jaramillo (1939-1989), professed priest, Jesuits (Colombia)
  • Tiberio Fernández Mafla (1943-1990), priest of the diocese of Buga (Colombia)
  • Hildegard Maria Feldmann (1936-1990), layperson of the diocese of Ipiales; lay missionary of the Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee (Colombia)
  • Jaime Gutiérrez Álvarez (Abel Andrés) (1924-1991), professed religious, Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Colombia)
  • Alcides Jiménez Chicangana (1949-1998), priest of the diocese of Mocoa-Sibundoy (Colombia)
  • Miguel Ángel [Michel] Quiroga Gaona (1972-1998), professed religious, Society of Mary (Marianists) (Colombia)
  • Yolanda Cerón Delgado (1958-2001), professed religious, Company of Mary (Colombia)
  • Marta Inés Vélez Serna (1958-2002), professed religious, Sisters of the Poor of Saint Peter Claver (Colombia)
  • Gabino Orduz Lamus (1931), priest of the diocese of Málaga-Soatá (Colombia)
  • José de Los Santos Ruiz (1932), priest of the archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)
  • Modest Arnaus Saurina (1896-1947), professed priest, Claretians (Colombia)
  • Simon de Zorroza (1948), professed priest, Passionists (Colombia)
  • Luis Mariano Torres (1924-1950), professed priest, Company of Mary (Montfort Missionaries) (Colombia)
  • Jaime Castillo Walteros (1950), priest of the diocese of Apartadó (Colombia)
  • Teodoro Sánchez (1957), priest of the diocese of Ibagué (Colombia)
  • Javier Ciríaco Cirujano Arjona (1925-1993), priest of the diocese of Plasencia; Fidei Donum missionary  in the archdiocese of Cartagena (Colombia)
  • Isaías Duarte Cancino (1939-2002), archbishop of Cali (Colombia)
  • Marta Inés Vélez Serna (1958-2002), professed religious, Sisters of the Poor of Saint Peter Claver (Colombia)
  • Pedro Schumacher Niessen (1839-1900), priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians); bishop of Portoviejo (Colombia)
  • Clemente Giraldo Jiménez (1840-1933), priest of the diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro (Colombia)
  • Emilio Botero González (1884-1961), bishop of Pasto (Colombia)
  • Iván Betancur Betancur (1940-1975), priest of the archdiocese of Medellín (Colombia)
  • María Elena Bolívar Vargas (1975), layperson of the archdiocese of Medellín (Colombia)
  • Alvaro López Sora (1959-1998), professed priest, Redemptorists (Colombia)
  • Celina Posada Uribe (1954- 1998), professed religious, Missionary Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus (Colombia)
  • Bernardo De La Espriella Mosquera (1890-1944), professed priest, Jesuits (Colombia)
  • Jesús Héctor Gallego Herrera (1938-1971), priest of the diocese of Santiago de Veraguas (Colombia)
  • Luz Marina Valencia Triviño (1952-1987), professed religious, Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception (Colombia)
  • Ariel Granada Serna (1941-1991), professed priest, Consolata Missionaries (Colombia)
  • Lucía Peñacoba Núñez (1980), professed religious, Religious Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception (Colombia)

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January 1953. pp. 95, 127, 187, 193, 196, 206.
  2. ^ "El arzobispo de Santa Fe abre la causa de la hermana Cecilia, la carmelita de la dulce sonrisa". Religión en Libertad (in Spanish). 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  3. ^ "Cecilia María de la Santa Faz: inician el proceso de beatificación de una monja que vivió durante 20 años en Santa Fe". Aire (in Spanish). 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  4. ^ "FAMA DE SANTIDAD". Fundación TOVPIL (in Spanish). 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  5. ^ "Colombia: Conozca a monseñor Eugenio Biffi, el "segundo Pedro Claver"". Aleteia.org | Español - valores con alma para vivir feliz (in Spanish). 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  6. ^ Sarita Colonia, Saint of the People
  7. ^ de 2022, 17 de Mayo. "El Vaticano habilitó la investigación para la canonización del coronel Larrabure, salvajemente asesinado por el ERP". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Luis Espinal, una causa de beatificación". Correo del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  9. ^ cesiopabloaleteia (2022-10-12). "Las mujeres que cuidan el legado de su abuelo, el primer catequista de Isla de Pascua (Rapa Nui)". Aleteia.org | Español - valores con alma para vivir feliz (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  10. ^ Cali, Casa Editorial El País. "Pedirán al Papa que se estudie beatificación de Omaira, niña que murió en Armero". elpais.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  11. ^ noticiasrcn.com (2017-09-03). "Fieles de Omayra Sánchez piden al papa Francisco su beatificación". Fieles de Omayra Sánchez piden al papa Francisco su beatificación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  12. ^ Roque Solaque, crónica de las marcas de fe
  13. ^ "Piden en Misiones la beatificación de protectora de los niños pobres | Vía Posadas". Vía País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  14. ^ "Página/12 :: Sociedad :: San Pocho". www.pagina12.com.ar. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  15. ^ "ISAÍAS DUARTE CANCINO, UN MÁRTIR QUE BUSCÓ LA VIDA DIGNA". www.elcolombiano.com (in European Spanish). 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  16. ^ de 2014, 8 de Octubre. "La lista de argentinos que podrían ser santos". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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