Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has authorized the beatification of 1,522 people, including one equipollent beatification. The names listed below are from the Holy See website and are listed by year, then date. The locations given are the locations of the beatification ceremonies, not necessarily the birthplaces or homelands of the beatified.
Africa
No. | Blessed | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification |
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1. | Irene Stefani | 23 May 2015 | Nyeri, Kenya |
2. | Benedict Daswa | 13 September 2015 | Limpopo, South Africa |
3. | Lucien Botovasoa | 15 April 2018 | Vohipeno, Madagascar |
4. | Pierre Claverie & 18 Companions | 8 December 2018 | Oran, Algeria |
5. | Fiorina Cecchin | 5 November 2022 | Meru, Kenya |
6. | Giuseppe Ambrosoli | 20 November 2022 | Kalongo, Uganda |
Asia
No. | Blessed | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification |
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1. | Paul Yun Ji-Chung & 123 Companions | 16 August 2014 | Seoul, South Korea |
2. | Flaviano Michele Melki | 29 August 2015 | Harissa, Lebanon |
3. | Władysław Bukowiński | 11 September 2016 | Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
4. | Joseph Thạo Tiến and 16 Companions | 11 December 2016 | Vientiene, Laos |
6. | Takayama Ukon | 7 February 2017 | Osaka, Japan |
7. | Mariam Vattalil | 4 November 2017 | Indore, India |
8. | Leonard Melki | 4 June 2022 | Bqennaya, Lebanon |
9. | Thomas Saleh |
Central America
No. | Blessed | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification |
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1. | Óscar Romero2 | 23 May 2015 | San Salvador, El Salvador |
2. | Marcello Maruzzo | 27 October 2018 | Izabal, Guatemala |
3. | Luis Navarro | ||
4. | James Alfred Miller | 7 December 2019 | Huehuetenango, Guatemala |
5. | José María Gran Cirera & 9 Companions | 23 April 2021 | Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala |
6 | Rutilio Grande García | 22 January 2022 | San Salvador, El Salvador |
7. | Manuel Solórzano | ||
8. | Nelson Lemus | ||
9. | Cosma Spessotto |
Europe
North America
No. | Blessed | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification |
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1. | Teresa Demjanovich | 4 October 2014 | Newark, New Jersey, United States |
2. | Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon | 26 April 2015 | Rimouski, Canada |
3. | Stanley Francis Rother | 23 September 2017 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States |
4. | Solanus Casey | 18 November 2017 | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
5. | María Concepción Cabrera Arias de Armida | 4 May 2019 | Mexico City, Mexico |
6. | Michael Joseph McGivney | 31 October 2020 | Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
South America
Upcoming Beatifications
No. | Soon-to-Blessed | Date and place of beatification | Notes |
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1. | Léon-Gustave Dehon | Approved on 19 April 2004 by Pope John Paul II; Suspended on 9 June 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI | |
2. | Fulton John Sheen | Approved on 6 July 2019; Suspended on 2 December 2019 | |
3. | Petro Pavlo Oros | Approved on 5 August 2022 | |
4. | Moisés Lira Serafín | Approved on 14 December 2023 | |
5. | Ana de Jesús | ||
6. | Giuseppe Rossi | ||
7. | Luigi Carrara & 3 Companions | ||
8. | Ján Havlík |
Notes
References
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