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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), Discalced Carmelite nun (Argentina)[2][3]
  • Servant of God Luigi Bolla [Luigi Bolla Sartori] (Yankuam' Jintia) (1932-2013), Salesian of Don Bosco (Peru)
  • Servant of God Julio César Duarte Ortellado (1906–1943), diocesan priest (Argentina and Paraguay)
  • Servant of God Ysabel Lagrange (1855–1933), Franciscan Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Miguel Antonio Salas Salas (1915-2003), Eudist priest, archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Mariana de Jesus Torres (1563–1635), Conceptionist nun (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Maria Esperanza de Bianchini (1928-2004), laywoman (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Joseph Walijewski (1924–2006), diocesan priest (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), Franciscan Capuchin priest (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Adela Sesso (Maria Benedetta of the Immaculate) (1918-2001), Poor Sister of Saint Joseph of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Amanda Gilseth Ruiz Suarez [Amandita] (1999-2005) (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Salvador García Pintos (1891-1956), layman (Uruguay)
  • Servant of God Mercedes Reyes Sánchez (Mercedes of Saint Therese) (1930-2012), Discalced Carmelite nun (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Lucio Leon Cardenas (1913-2010), layman (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Pedro Manuel Salado de Alba (1968–2012), layman (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Jorge Novak (1928–2001), Divine Word Missionary priest, Bishop of Quilmes (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Jose Cappel Farfsing [Joseph Henry Cappel] (1908–2004), Maryknoll Missionary priest (Chile)
  • Servant of God Margarita Fonseca Silvestre (1884–1945), Servants of Christ the Priest (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Federico (Friedrich) Grote (1853–1940), Redemptorist priest (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Manuel (prob. 1604–1686), layman (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Jorge Maria (Georges) Salvaire (1847–1899), Vincentian priest (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Alonzo de Barzana (ca. 1530–1597), Jesuit priest (Peru)
  • Servant of God Andrea Aziani [Andres Aziani Samek-Lodovici] (1953–2008), layman (Peru)
  • Servant of God Pablo Muñoz Vega (1903–1994), Jesuit priest, Archbishop of Quito, Cardinal (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Hernán Alessandri Morandé (1935–2007), Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers (Chile)
  • Servant of God Fermín Emilio Lobo (Antonio of Jesus) (1873–1942), Franciscan friar and priest (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Reginaldo Toro (1830–1904), Dominican priest, Bishop of Cordoba (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Joaquín Carlos Paredes Pérez (Jesús of the Cross) (1911–1998), Franciscan friar (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 (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Daniel Badiali Massironi (1962–1997), priest (Peru)
  • Servant of God Ramón Zubieta Les (1864–1921), bishop of Puerto Maldonado (Peru)
  • Servant of God Emilio Lissón Chávez (1872–1961), Vincentinian priest (Peru)
  • Servant of God John Joseph Mckniff (1872–1994), Augustinian priest (Peru)
  • Servant of God Diego Ruiz Ortiz (1532–1571), Augustinian priest (Peru)
  • Servant of God Luis López de Solís (1535–1606), Augustinian priest Bishop of Quito (Peru)
  • Servant of God Rosa Mercedes de Castañeda Coello (1856–1950) Reparatrice of the Sacred Heart (Peru)
  • Servant of God Francisco Tito Yupanqui (1540-1616), layman (Peru)
  • Servant of God Serapio Rivero Nicolás (1917-2002), Augustinian priest (Peru)
  • Servant of God Enrique Pèlach Feliu (1917-2007), Bishop of Abancay (Peru)
  • Servant of God José Álvarez Fernández (1890-1970), Dominican priest (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), Franciscan priest (Peru)
  • Servant of God Melchora Saravia Tasayco (1895-1951), Secular Franciscan (Peru)
  • Servant of God María Josefa Camila Del Carmen Álvarez Salas (1860-1924), Franciscan Sister of the Immaculate Conception (Peru)
  • Servant of God Pío Sarobe Otaño (1855-1910), Franciscan priest (Peru)[1]
  • Servant of God Francisco del Castillo (1615-1673), Jesuit priest (Peru)
  • Servant of God Juan de Alloza Menacho (1597-1666), Jesuit priest (Peru)
  • Servant of God Luisa De La Torre Rojas (1819-1869), laywoman (Peru)
  • Servant of God Nicolás De Dios Ayllón (1632-1677), layman (Peru)
  • Servant of God Nicolasa Castillo Negrón (1894-1965), Franciscan Religious Sister 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), Tertiary Capuchin Sister 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), Mercedarian priest (Ecuador, Colombia)
  • Servant of God Angela Elena Muñoz Moral (1890-1911), laywoman (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Rafael Armando Fajardo Rodríguez (1871-1942), priest (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God José Antonio Sarasola Uruláin (1907-1988), Capuchin friar and priest (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Julio Tobar Donoso (1894-1981), layman (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Juan María Riera Moscoso (1866-1915), Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Carlos Crespi Croci (1891-1982), Salesian of Don Bosco (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Alberto Ferri Garavelli (1935-2009), Comboni Missionary of the Heart of Jesus (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Pedro Manuel Salado De Alba (1968-2012), layman (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Enrique Alvear Urrutia (1916-1982), Auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile)
  • Servant of God Orazio de Vecchi Ghigi (1577-1612), Jesuit priest (Chile)[1]
  • Servant of God Martín de Aranda Valdivia (1556-1612), Jesuit priest (Chile)
  • Servant of God Diego de Montalbán (1612), Jesuit (Chile)
  • Servant of God Pedro de Bardeci Aguanico (1641-1700), Franciscan (Chile)
  • Servant of God Mario Mariano Hiriart Pulido (1931-1964), layman (Chile)
  • Servant of God Guillermo Hartl de Laufen (1904-1977), Capuchin priest, Apostolic vicar of Araucanía (Chile)
  • Servant of God Rufino Zazpe Zabalza (1891-1977), Discalced Carmelite (Chile)
  • Servant of God Esteban Gumucio Vives (1914-2001), priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Chile)
  • Servant of God Josefa Fernández Concha (1835-1928), Religious of the Good Shepherd (Chile) (Argentina)
  • Servant of God Bernarda Morin (1832-1929), Sister of Providence of Chile (Chile)
  • Servant of God Andrés García Acosta (1800-1853), Franciscan friar (Chile)
  • Servant of God María del Carmen Benavides y Mujica (1777-1849), Dominican tertiary (Chile)
  • Servant of God Hernán Alessandri Morandé (1935-2007), priest of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers (Chile)
  • Servant of God Antonio Rendic (1896-1993), layman (Chile)
  • Servant of God Joseph Henry Cappel (1908-2004), Maryknoll Missionary Society priest (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), Claretian priest (Chile)
  • Servant of God María Patricia García García de Reyes (1924-2006), laywoman (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Abraham Reyes Díaz (1917-1988), deacon (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Luis Rafaél Tinoco Yepez (1915-1988), diocesan priest (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Martín Martínez Monsalve (1919-2006), diocesan priest (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 Tomas Boza-Masvidal (1915-2003), auxiliary bishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Mireya Asunta Escalante Innecco (1918-2003), Discalced Carmelite (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Sixto Sosa Díaz (1870-1943), [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cumania|Bishop of Cumania (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God María Israel Bogotá Baquero (1943-1991), Carmelite of Mother Candelaria (Venezuela, Colombia)
  • Servant of God Georgina Josefa Febres Cordero Troconis (1861-1925), Dominican Sister of Saint Rose of Lima (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Salvador Montes de Oca (1895-1944), Carthusian (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), Little Sister of the Poor of Maiquetía (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Cesáreo Gil Atrio (1922-1997), Diocesan Laborer Priest of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God José María Zapico Díaz (1883-1945), Dominican priest (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Arístides Calvani Silva (1918-1986), layman (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Adela Rina Abbo Fontana de Calvani (1919-1986), laywoman (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Saturnino Ibarguren Guridi (1856-1927), Jesuit priest (Colombia)[1]
  • Servant of God Luís María Zuluaga Zuluaga (1888-1982), diocesan priest (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Ana María Lozano Díaz (1910-1982), Daughter of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Agustín de Gormáz Velasco [Agustín de Coruña] (1508-1589), Augustinian priest Bishop of Popayán (Colombia)
  • Servant of God María Ligia Arango Siegert (1915-1984), Discalced Carmelite (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Marcos Dionisio Sánchez Lozano (1887-1970), diocesan priest (Colombia)
  • Servant of God María Sara Alvarado Pontón (1902-1980), Dominican Daughter of Our Lady of Nazareth (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Enrique Alberto Higuera Barrera (1906-1976), Dominican priest (Colombia)
  • Servant of God María De Jesús Upegui Moreno (1835-1921), Servant of the Blessed Sacrament and Charity (Colombia)
  • Servant of God José Benedicto Soto Mejía (1904-1973), diocesan priest (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Toribio Maya Sarmiento (1848-1930), layman (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Jorge Murcia Riaño (1895-1944), diocesan priest (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Emilio Sotomayor Luque (1900-1983), diocesan priest of the archdiocese of Bogotá (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Rafael García Herreros Unda (1909-1992), Eudist priest (Colombia)
  • Servant of God Nicolás Rodríguez Campo [Nicolau Rodrigues] (1830-1900), Jesuit priest, Colombia)
  • Servant of God Ana Maria Moreno Del Castillo (1887–1977), laywoman (Panama)

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)

See also[edit]

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.
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  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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