Catholic Saints of America
A comprehensive guide to Catholic saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God connected to America, mapped from Auriesville to Molokai, each with their full story.
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Saints
René Goupil
1606–1642 · Ossernenon (Auriesville), New York
Deaf lay medic of the Jesuit missions, the first of the North American Martyrs to die, at Ossernenon in 1642.
Isaac Jogues
1607–1646 · Ossernenon (Auriesville), New York
Jesuit missionary captured, mutilated, and finally martyred at Ossernenon while on a mission of peace.
Jean de Lalande
c.1623–1646 · Ossernenon (Auriesville), New York
Lay donné of the Jesuit missions, killed the day after Isaac Jogues while trying to recover his body.
Kateri Tekakwitha
1656–1680 · Ossernenon (Auriesville), New York
The Lily of the Mohawks, born at Ossernenon ten years after the martyrdoms; the first Native American saint.
Junípero Serra
1713–1784 · Mission San Carlos, Carmel, California
Franciscan founder of the California missions, canonized in Washington in 2015.
John Neumann
1811–1860 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Redemptorist Bishop of Philadelphia who built the American parochial school system; the first US bishop canonized.
Elizabeth Ann Seton
1774–1821 · Emmitsburg, Maryland
Widow, convert, and foundress of the Sisters of Charity; the first native-born US citizen canonized.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
1769–1852 · Saint Charles, Missouri
Sacred Heart pioneer educator on the Missouri frontier; the Potawatomi called her the woman who prays always.
Théodore Guérin
1798–1856 · Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana
Foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and pioneer educator of Indiana.
Damien of Molokai
1840–1889 · Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii
Belgian missionary who gave his life to the exiled lepers of Molokai.
Frances Xavier Cabrini
1850–1917 · Chicago, Illinois
Missionary mother of Italian immigrants and the first US citizen canonized; patroness of immigrants.
Marianne Cope
1838–1918 · Kalaupapa, Hawaii
Franciscan who took over Molokai after Damien's death and served the exiled sick for thirty years.
Katharine Drexel
1858–1955 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Banking heiress who gave her fortune to found schools for Black and Native American children.
Blesseds
Francis Xavier Seelos
1819–1867 · New Orleans, Louisiana
Cheerful Redemptorist confessor who died serving yellow fever victims in New Orleans.
Michael McGivney
1852–1890 · New Haven, Connecticut
Parish priest who founded the Knights of Columbus to protect immigrant Catholic families.
Miriam Teresa Demjanovich
1901–1927 · Bayonne, New Jersey
Ruthenian Greek Catholic mystic whose beatification was the first held on US soil.
Solanus Casey
1870–1957 · Detroit, Michigan
Capuchin doorkeeper of Detroit whose intercession brought healings to thousands.
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez
1918–1963 · Caguas, Puerto Rico
First Puerto Rican blessed, the lay liturgical pioneer who taught that we live for that night.
Stanley Rother
1935–1981 · Okarche, Oklahoma
Oklahoma farm priest martyred at his Guatemalan parish; the first US-born martyr beatified.
James Miller
1944–1982 · Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Wisconsin De La Salle Christian Brother martyred while repairing a school wall in Guatemala.
Venerables
The Martyrs of Georgia
d. 1597 · Guale missions, coastal Georgia
Five Spanish Franciscans martyred in 1597 for defending Christian marriage; beatification scheduled October 31, 2026, in Savannah.
Félix Varela
1788–1853 · St. Augustine, Florida
Cuban priest, philosopher, and abolitionist who served New York immigrants for thirty years.
Pierre Toussaint
1766–1853 · New York, New York
Haitian-born New York hairdresser and philanthropist, the first layperson buried in St. Patrick's crypt.
Henriette Delille
1813–1862 · New Orleans, Louisiana
Free woman of color who founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in antebellum New Orleans.
Samuel Mazzuchelli
1806–1864 · Benton, Wisconsin
Milan-born Dominican who built more than 24 frontier churches and founded the Sinsinawa Dominicans.
Frederic Baraga
1797–1868 · Marquette, Michigan
The Snowshoe Priest: missionary to the Odawa and Ojibwe and first Bishop of Marquette.
Cornelia Connelly
1809–1879 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia-born wife and mother who founded the Society of the Holy Child Jesus.
Mary Elizabeth Lange
c.1784–1882 · Baltimore, Maryland
Foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first congregation of Black religious women in America.
Augustus Tolton
1854–1897 · Chicago, Illinois
The first recognized Black American Catholic priest, ordained in Rome after every US seminary rejected him.
Mary Theresa Dudzik
1860–1918 · Chicago, Illinois
Polish immigrant seamstress who founded the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago for the homeless aged.
Maria Theresia (Teresa Ysseldijk)
1897–1926 · St. Louis, Missouri
Dutch-born Carmelite DCJ missionary who died in St. Louis at 28; declared Venerable by Pope Leo XIV in 2026.
Rose Hawthorne (Mary Alphonsa)
1851–1926 · Hawthorne, New York
Daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne who founded the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne for free cancer care.
Nelson Baker
1842–1936 · Lackawanna, New York
The Padre of the Poor, who built a city of charity at Our Lady of Victory in Lackawanna.
Maria Kaupas
1880–1940 · Chicago, Illinois
Lithuanian immigrant foundress of the Sisters of St. Casimir; Chicago's second Cabrini.
Edward Flanagan
1886–1948 · Boys Town, Nebraska
Founder of Boys Town, who believed there is no such thing as a bad boy. Declared Venerable in March 2026.
Emil Kapaun
1916–1951 · Pilsen, Kansas
Kansas farm priest and Korean War chaplain who died serving fellow prisoners; Medal of Honor recipient.
Norbert McAuliffe
1886–1959 · Manhattan, New York
Manhattan-born Brother of the Sacred Heart, missionary founder in Uganda; the man who prays.
Antonietta Giugliano
1909–1960 · New York, New York
New York-born foundress of the Little Handmaids of Christ the King for the poor of Naples.
María Soledad Sanjurjo Santos
1892–1973 · San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Servant of Mary who nursed the Caribbean's sick in their homes for six decades.
Fulton J. Sheen
1895–1979 · Peoria, Illinois
Archbishop and television pioneer, the most influential American Catholic communicator of the 20th century.
Celestina Bottego
1895–1980 · Glendale, Ohio
Ohio-born, Montana-raised co-foundress of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary.
Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory
1893–1984 · Germantown, New York
Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, revolutionizing Catholic eldercare.
Alphonse Gallegos
1931–1991 · Sacramento, California
The lowrider bishop of Sacramento, near-blind Augustinian champion of barrio youth.
Aloysius Schwartz
1930–1992 · Washington, D.C.
Washington-born founder of the Sisters of Mary and the Boystowns and Girlstowns for destitute children.
Patrick Peyton
1909–1992 · San Pedro, California
The Rosary Priest of the Family Rosary Crusade: the family that prays together stays together.
Servants of God
The Martyrs of La Florida
1549–1706 · Mission San Luis, Tallahassee, Florida
Antonio Cuipa and companions: Indigenous Catholics and missionaries killed across the Spanish Florida missions.
Simon Bruté
1779–1839 · Vincennes, Indiana
French-born first Bishop of Vincennes, called the most learned man of his day in America.
Demetrius Gallitzin
1770–1840 · Loretto, Pennsylvania
Russian prince turned Allegheny frontier priest, the Apostle of the Alleghenies.
The Shreveport Martyrs
d. 1873 · Shreveport, Louisiana
Five French priests who stayed to nurse the dying through Shreveport's 1873 yellow fever epidemic.
Isaac Hecker
1819–1888 · New York, New York
Convert and founder of the Paulist Fathers, apostle to America's searchers.
Julia Greeley
c.1833–1918 · Denver, Colorado
Born into slavery, Denver's one-woman St. Vincent de Paul Society who hauled charity through the night.
Adele Brise
1831–1896 · Champion, Wisconsin
Belgian immigrant visionary of Our Lady of Champion, the only approved Marian apparition in the United States.
Frank Parater
1897–1920 · Richmond, Virginia
Richmond seminarian who offered his life for Virginia and died in Rome at 22.
Annella Zervas
1900–1926 · Moorhead, Minnesota
Minnesota Benedictine who bore a rare disfiguring disease with heroic faith and died at 26.
Paul Wattson
1863–1940 · Graymoor, Garrison, New York
Founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Bernard Quinn
1888–1940 · Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn priest who built parishes and an orphanage for Black Catholics against Klan arson.
Joseph Verbis LaFleur
1912–1944 · Ville Platte, Louisiana
Army chaplain who gave his life helping fellow POWs escape a sinking Japanese prison ship.
Rhoda Wise
1888–1948 · Canton, Ohio
Canton mystic and stigmatist whose backyard shrine drew thousands; a spiritual mother to Mother Angelica.
Nicholas Black Elk
c.1863–1950 · Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Lakota holy man and Catholic catechist who brought hundreds of his people to the faith.
Mary Virginia Merrick
1866–1955 · Washington, D.C.
Paralyzed from youth, she founded the Christ Child Society from her sickbed.
Cora Evans
1904–1957 · Boulder Creek, California
Utah-born convert from Mormonism and mystic of the Mystical Humanity of Christ.
Charlene Richard
1947–1959 · Richard, Louisiana
Cajun twelve-year-old who offered her leukemia sufferings for others; the little Cajun saint.
Vincent Capodanno
1929–1967 · Staten Island, New York
The Grunt Padre: Navy chaplain killed shielding a wounded Marine in Vietnam; Medal of Honor recipient.
Auguste 'Nonco' Pelafigue
1888–1977 · Arnaudville, Louisiana
Barefoot apostle of the Sacred Heart who walked Louisiana's back roads for sixty years.
Dorothy Day
1897–1980 · New York, New York
Journalist, convert, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement.
Joseph Muzquiz
1912–1983 · Plymouth, Massachusetts
One of the first three priests of Opus Dei, who brought the Work to the United States.
Thea Bowman
1937–1990 · Canton, Mississippi
Franciscan sister, singer, and evangelist who brought Black Catholic culture to the heart of the Church.
John McKniff
1905–1994 · Media, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Augustinian who served Cuba through revolution and died a missionary in Peru.
Ida Peterfy
1922–2000 · Los Angeles, California
Hungarian-born foundress of the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart, catechist of joy in California.
John A. Hardon
1914–2000 · Detroit, Michigan
Jesuit theologian and catechist, author of the Catholic Catechism and tireless defender of the faith.
Marinus LaRue
1914–2001 · St. Paul's Abbey, Newton, New Jersey
Captain of the Ship of Miracles who rescued 14,000 refugees at Hungnam, then became a Benedictine monk.
Martin de Porres Ward
1918–2000 · Boston, Massachusetts
Boston-born Black Franciscan brother who gave forty years to the poor of Brazil.
Maria Esperanza Medrano de Bianchini
1928–2004 · Long Beach Island, New Jersey
Venezuelan mystic of the Betania apparitions who preached reconciliation and died in New Jersey.
Joseph Walijewski
1924–2006 · La Crosse, Wisconsin
Wisconsin priest who built an orphanage in Peru and answered St. John Paul II's call for missionaries.
Bill Atkinson
1946–2006 · Villanova, Pennsylvania
The first quadriplegic priest, an Augustinian who taught high school from his wheelchair for 30 years.
Michelle Duppong
1984–2015 · Bismarck, North Dakota
FOCUS missionary and hidden mystic of the Great Plains who offered her cancer for others.
About This Roster
This hub brings together Catholic saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God connected to America in one browsable archive. Portraits are public-domain images from the Library of Congress, US military archives, and pre-1931 publications; figures shown with a cross have no verifiable public-domain portrait.