List of Brazilian saints

This page is a list of Brazilian 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 Brazil.

Victor Meirelles's "The first Mass in Brazil", 1861

The Catholic Church has been present in the territory of the modern nation of Brazil since the first Mass was said there in 1500 and today claims the largest population of Catholics of any country in the world. Nonetheless, the country has produced few officially canonized saints thus far.

List of saints

The following is the list of saints, in the order in which they were canonized.

Father Roque González de Santa Cruz
  • St. Roque González y de Santa Cruz (1576 - 1628) and Companions, Jesuit priest (Paraguay-Brazil)
    • Venerated: January 15, 1933
    • Beatified: January 28, 1934
    • Canonized: May 16, 1988
  • St. Amabile Visintainer (Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus) (1865 - 1942), Founder of the Little Sister of Immaculate Concepcion (Italy-Brazil)
    • Venerated: February 8, 1988
    • Beatified: October 18, 1991
    • Canonized: May 19, 2002
  • St. Antonio Galvao de Franca (Antonio of Saint Anne) (1739 - 1822), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Brazil)
    • Venerated: March 8, 1997
    • Beatified: October 25, 1998
    • Canonized: May 11, 2007
  • St. José de Anchieta - (1534 - 1597), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Spain-Brazil)
    • Venerated: August 10, 1786
    • Beatified: June 22, 1980
    • Canonized: April 3, 2014
  • St. André de Soveral & 29 Companions - (d. 1645), Priests and Laypersons of the Archdiocese of Natal; Martyr (Brazil)
    • Venerated: December 21, 1998
    • Beatified: March 5, 2000
    • Canonized: October 15, 2017
  • St. Maria Rita Lopes Pontes de Souza Brito (Dulce) - (1914 - 1992), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Brazil)
    • Venerated: April 3, 2009
    • Beatified: May 22, 2011
    • Canonized: October 13, 2019

List of blesseds
  • Bl. Inácio de Azevedo and 39 Jesuit Companions - (d. 1570), Professed Priests, Religious', Novices and Clerics of the Jesuits; Martyrs (Spain-Portugal-Brazil)
    • Venerated: n/a
    • Beatified: May 11, 1854 (cult confirmed)
  • Bl. Hubertus Van Lieshout [Eustachius] - (1890 - 1943), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus) (Netherlands-Brazil)
    • Venerated: April 12, 2003
    • Beatified: June 15, 2006
  • Bl. Mariano de la Mata Aparicio - (1905 - 1983), Professed Priest of the Augustinians (Spain-Brazil)
    • Venerated: December 20, 2004
    • Beatified: November 5, 2006
  • Bl. Albertina Berkenbrock - (1919 - 1931), Child of the Diocese of Tubarão; Martyr (Brazil)
    • Venerated: December 16, 2006
    • Beatified: October 20, 2007
  • Bl. Adílio Daronch - (1908 - 1924), Child of the Diocese of Frederico Westphalen; Martyr (Brazil)
    • Venerated: December 16, 2006
    • Beatified: October 21, 2007
  • Bl. Manuel Gómez González - (1877 - 1924), Priest of the Diocese of Frederico Westphalen; Martyr (Spain-Brazil)
    • Venerated: December 16, 2006
    • Beatified: October 21, 2007
  • Bl. Lindalva Justo de Oliveira - (1953 - 1993), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Martyr (Brazil)
    • Venerated: December 16, 2006
    • Beatified: December 2, 2007
  • Bl. Maria Bárbara Maix (Maria Barbara of the Holy Trinity) - (1818 - 1873), Founder of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Austria-Brazil)
    • Venerated: July 3, 2008
    • Beatified: November 6, 2010
  • Bl. Francisca de Paula de Jesus [nha Chica] - (1810 - 1895), Layperson of the Diocese of Campanha (Brazil)
    • Venerated: January 14, 2011
    • Beatified: May 4, 2013
  • Bl. Assunta Marchetti - (1871 - 1948), Cofoundress of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinian Sisters) (Italy-Brazil)
    • Venerated: December 19, 2011
    • Beatified: October 25, 2014
  • Bl. Francisco de Paula Victor - (1827 - 1905), Priest of the Diocese of Campanha (Brazil)
    • Venerated: May 10, 2012
    • Beatified: November 14, 2015
  • Bl. Giovanni Schiavo - (1903 - 1967), Professed Priest of the Josephites of Murialdo (Italy-Brazil)
    • Venerated: December 14, 2015
    • Beatified: October 28, 2017
  • Bl. Donizetti Tavares de Lima - (1882 - 1961), Roman Catholic priest
    • Venerated: October 9, 2017
    • Beatified: November 23, 2019

List of Venerables
  • Ven. Louise-Josephine Voiron (Marie-Theodore) - (1835 - 1925), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambéry (France-Brazil)
    • Venerated: February 18, 1989
  • Ven. Maria Conchita Farani (Antonieta of Sait Michael the Archangel) - (1906 - 1963), Professed Religious of the Passionist Sisters of Saint Paul of the Cross (Brazil)
    • Venerated: June 13, 1992
  • Ven. Rudolf Komorek - (1890 - 1949), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco (Poland-Brazil)
    • Venerated: April 6, 1995
  • Ven. Attilio Giordani - (1913 - 1972), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Milan; Member of the Salesian Cooperators (Italy-Brazil)
    • Venerated: October 9, 2013
  • Ven. Noeme Cinque (Serafina) - (1913 - 1988), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Brazil)
    • Venerated: January 27, 2014
  • Ven. Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos (Maria Teresa of the Eucharistic Jesus) - (1901 - 1972), Founder of the Little Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate (Brazil)
    • Venerated: April 3, 2014
  • Ven. Antônio Ferreira Viçoso - (1787 - 1875),Priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians); Bishop of Mariana (Portugal-Brazil)
    • Venerated: July 8, 2014
  • Ven. Pelagio Sauter - (1878 - 1961), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists (Germany-Brazil)
    • Venerated: November 7, 2014
  • Ven. Giuseppe Marchetti - (1869 - 1896), Professed Priest of the Scalabrinians; Cofounder of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinian Sisters) (Italy-Brazil)
    • Venerated: July 8, 2016
  • Ven. Felice Rossini (Daniele of Samarate) - (1876 - 1924), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Italy-Brazil)
    • Venerated: March 23, 2017
  • Ven. Hermínio Pinzetta (Salvador of Casca) - (1911 - 1972), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Capuchins (Brazil)
    • Venerated: May 13, 2019
  • Ven. Benigna Cardoso da Silva - (1928 - 1941), Child of the Diocese of Crato; Martyr (Brazil)
    • Venerated: October 2, 2019

List of Servants of God
  • Servant of God Vitoria Nabo Correia Bixarxe (Vitoria of the Incarnation) - (1661 - 1715), Professed Religious of the Poor Clare Nuns (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Antonio Goncalves de Oliveira (Vital Maria of Pernabuco) - (1844 - 1878), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Bishop of Olinda (Brazil-France)
  • Servant of God Joao Francisco de Sequeira Andrade - (1837 - 1881), Priest of the Diocese of Petropolis; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Jose Antonio de Maria Ibiapina - (1806 - 1883), Priest of the Diocese of Guarabira (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Inacio de Souza Rolim - (1800 - 1899), Priest of the Diocese of Cajazeiras (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Joao Maria Cavalcanti de Brito - (1848 - 1905), Priest of the Archdiocese of Natal (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Jeronimo de Castro Abreu Magalhaes - (1851 - 1909), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • ServAnt of God Bento Dias Pacheco - (1819 - 1911), Priest of the Diocese of Jundiai (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Clemente Recalcati (Giampietro of Sesto San Giovanni) - (1868 - 1913), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Founder of the Missionary Capuchin Sisters of Saint Francis of Assisi (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Elisa [Zelia] Pedreira Abreu Magalhaes (Maria of the Blessed Sacrament) - (1857 - 1919), Widow; Professed Religious of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Isabel de Braganca Bourbon - (1857 - 1921), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil-France); Princess Imperial of Brazil
  • Servant of God Odette Vidal de Oliveira [Odetinha] - (1930 - 1939), Child of the Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Ignacio Martinez Madrid - (1902 - 1942), Professed Priest of the Augustinian Recollects; Apostolic Administrator of Labrea (Spain-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Anna Sabatovich (Ambrosia) - (1895 - 1943), Professed Religious of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Rite) (Ukraine-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Giuseppe Calvi - (1901 - 1943), Professed Priest of the Oblates of Saint Joseph (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Luiz Gonzaga do Monte - (1905 - 1944), Priest of the Archdiocese of Natal (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Julius Aemilius de Lombaerde - (1878 - 1944), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Family; Founder of the Missionaries of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, the Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the Sisters of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament (Belgium-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Antonio Alvares da Silva - (1913 - 1945), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor
  • Servant of God Marciano Bernardes da Fonseca - (1859 - 1946), Priest of the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora
  • Servant of God Johann Baptist Reus - (1868 - 1947), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
  • Servant of God Antonia Martins de Macedo - (1852 - 1950), Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Mary
  • Servant of God Humbertus Linden Jr. (Bruno) - (1876 - 1960), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Germany-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Vicenta Guilarte Alonso (Ildefonsa) - (1879 - 1960), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Jesus (Spain-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Lafayette da Costa Coelho - (1886 - 1961), Priest of the Diocese of Guanhaes (Brazil)
  • Servant of god Antonio Ribeiro Pinto - (1879 - 1963), Priest of the Archdiocese of Mariana (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Nelson [Nelsinho] Santana - (1955 - 1964), Child of the Diocese of Sao Carlos (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Maria Elizabeth de Oliveira - (1951 - 1965), Child of the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Pedro [Pierre] Galibert [Louis-Marie] - (1877 - 1965), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular; Bishop of Sao Luiz de Caceres (France-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Francisca Benicia Oliveira (Clemencia) - (1896 - 1966), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Carmen Catarina Bueno (Maria do Carmo of the Holy Trinity) - (1898 - 1966), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Maurilio Teixeira-Leite Penido - (1895 - 1970), Priest of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Alberto Fuger - (1892 - 1970), Priest of the Diocese of Oliveira (France-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Albino Alves da Cunha Silva - (1882 - 1973), Priest of the Diocese of Catanduva (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Jose da Silva Coutinho - (1897 - 1973), Priest of the Archdiocese of Paraiba (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Silvio Maria Dario - (1919 - 1974), Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Antonio de Almeida Lustosa - (1886 - 1974), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Maria Joanna Laselva - (1910 - 1974), Professed Religious of the Order of the Immaculate Conception (Conceptionist Nuns) (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servants of God Rudolf Lunkebein (1939 - 1976), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bocso and Simao Cristino Koge Kudugodu [Simao Bororo] (1937 - 1976), Layperson of the Diocese of Barra do Garcas; Martyrs (Germany-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Miguel Afonso de Andrade Leite - (1912 - 1976), Priest of the Diocese of Sao Joao del Rei (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Alfonso de Caro - (1940 - 1977), Priest of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno; Fidei Donum Missionary in the Diocese of Rio Branco (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Alderigi Maria Torriani - (1895 - 1977), Priest of the Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Maria Milito (Leonia) - (1913 - 1980), Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Anthony Mary Claret (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Liberio Rodrigues Moreira - (1884 - 1980), Priest of the Diocese of Divinopolis (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Franz de Castro Holzwarth - (1942 - 1981), Layperson of the Diocese of Sao Jose dos Campos (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Maria da Conceicao Santos (Benigna Victim of Jesus) - (1907 - 1981), Professed Religious of the Sisters Helpers of Our Lady of Mercy (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto - (1910 - 1982), Professed Priest of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observnace; Bishop of Jundiai (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Eliseu Maria Caroli - (1900 - 1982), Professed Priest of the Barnabites; Bishop of Guama; Founder of the Missionaries of Saint Therese (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos - (1962 - 1982), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mariana; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Antonio Campelo de Aragao - (1904 - 1984), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Bishop of Petrolina; Founder of the Sisters Mediators of Peace (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Othon Motta - (1913 - 1985), Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Cleusa Carolina Rody Coelho (Maria Anjos of Saint Joseph) - (1933 - 1985), Professed Religious of the Augustinian Recollect Missionary Sisters; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Joao Luiz Pozzobon - (1904 - 1985), Married Permanent Deacon of the Diocese of Santa Maria; Member of the Schonstatt Movement (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Ezechiele Ramin - (1953 - 1985), Professed Priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus; Martyr (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Alain-Marie du Noday - (1899 - 1985), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Bishop of Porto Nacional (France-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Joao Benvegnu - (1907 - 1986), Priest of the Dioces eof Passo Fundo (Brazil)
  • Servant of god Victor Coelho de Almeida - (1899 - 1987), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Antonio Sinibaldi - (1937 - 1987), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Conventuals (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Maria Giselda Villela (Maria Imaculada of the Holy Trinity) - (1909 - 1988), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Maria de Lourdes [Lourdinha] Benedicta Nogueira Fontao - (1930 - 1988), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Sao Joao da Boa Vista (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Dinah Amorim - (1917 - 1988), Professed Religiosu of the Daughters of Mary - Escolapias (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Jose Gumercindo Santos - (1907 - 1991), Priest and Founder of the Society of "Joseleitos" of Christ; Founder of the Congregation of Saint Therese and the Congregation of the Divine Master (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Roberto Giovanni - (1903 - 1994), Professed Religious of the Stigmatines (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Giulio Pigotti (Michelangelo of Marenella) - (1916 - 1995), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Edmundo Armando Saint'Clair Igreja - (1914 - 1996), Priest of the Archdiocese of Belem do Para; Founder of the Institute of Our Lady, Mother of Divine Providence - "Providentino" Movement (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Maria de Lourdes Guarda - (1926 - 1996), Layperson of the Diocese of Jundiai (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Pio Giannotti (Damiano of Bozzano) - (1898 - 1997), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Jose Antonio do Couto - (1927 - 1997), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians); Bishop of Taubate (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Jose Barbosa de Andrade - (1965 - 1999), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Floripes [Lola] Dornelas de Jesus - (1913 - 1999), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mariana (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Hector Pessoa Camara - (1909 - 1999), Archbishop of Olinda-Recife (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Waldir Lopes de Castro - (1931 - 2001), Priest of the Diocese of Sobral/Ceará (Brazil); Monsignor
  • Servant of God Nazareno Lanciotti - (1940 - 2001), Priest of the Vicariate o Rome; Fidei Donum Missionary in the Diocese of Sao Luiz de Caceres; Member of the Marian Movement for Priests; Martyr (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Luigia [Ginetta] Calliari - (1918 - 2001), Layperson of the Diocese of Osasco; Consecrated Member of the Focolare Movement (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Maria Luiza Resende Marques (Teresa Margarida of the Heart of Mary) - (1915 - 2005), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Aloisio Sebastiao Boeing - (1913 - 2006), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians); Founder of the Marian Fraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida - (1930 - 2006), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Léo Tarcísio Gonçalves Pereira (Padre Léo) - (1961 - 2007) - Professed Priest of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Founder of the Bethania Community
  • Servant of God Angelo Angioni - (1915 - 2008), Priest of the Diocese of Sao Jose do Rio Preto (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Marcelo Henrique Câmara (1979 - 2008), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Florianopolis (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Guido Vidal Franca Schaffer - (1974 - 2009), Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Arnaldo Ribeiro - (1930 - 2009), Archbishop of Ribeirao Preto (Brazil)
  • Servant of God Zilda Arns Neumann - (1934 - 2010), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Curitiba (Brazil-Haiti)
  • Servant of God Andre Bortolameotti - (1919 - 2010), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Jesus the Priest (Italy-Brazil)
  • Servant of God Cesare Sarafini (Michelangelo of Cingoli) - (1908 - 2013), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Italy-Brazil)

Brazilian candidates for sainthood

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

  • Giambattista Casari - (1861 - 1901), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Martyrs (Italy-Brazil)
  • Francesco Panigada - (1863 - 1901), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Martyrs (Italy-Brazil)
  • Camillo Biazini - (1872 - 1901), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Martyrs (Italy-Brazil)
  • Fortunato Fassi - (1872 - 1901), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Martyrs (Italy-Brazil)
  • Caterina Tassone - (1874 - 1901), Professed Religious of the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto; Martyrs (Italy-Brazil)
  • Maria Dagnino - (1874 - 1901), Professed Religious of the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubattor; Martyrs (Italy-Brazil)
  • Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro - (1897-1911), Child of the Diocese of Angra (Portugal)
  • Gilberto Maria Defina - (1925 - 2004), Professed Priest and Founder of Fraternity Jesus the Savior - Salvists (Brazil)
  • Josef Thanhuber - (1880 - 1920), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyrs (Germany-Brazil)
  • Berta Lúcia - (1939 - 1944), Child of the Archdiocese de Botucatu/Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  • Maria Schweizer (Benigna) - (1846 - 1928), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Concepcion of Bonlanden; Martyrs (Germany-Brazil)
  • Domingos da Transfiguração Machado - (1824 - 1908), Professed Priest of Order of Saint Benedict; Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)
  • Dulce (Dulcinha) Maria de Souza Brito Lopes Pontes - (1915 - 2006), Laywoman of Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil); Co-Chairwoman of The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce and younger sister of St.Irmã Dulce Pontes
  • Paulo Evaristo Arns - (1921 - 2016), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Archbishop of Sao Paulo (Brazil); Cardinal and Brother of Servant of God Zilda Arns
  • José Mauro Pereira Bastos - (1955 - 2006), Professed Priest of Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ and Bishop of Diocese of Guaxupé (Brazil)
  • Avelar Brandão Vilela - (1912 - 1986), Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil); Cardinal
  • Terezinha (Ana Teresa) Estella Guimarães - (1935 - 2013), Professed Religious of Sisters of Notre Dame of Coesfeld; Diocese of Crato/Ceará (Brazil)
  • Laura Mendes da Silva - (1916 - 1991), Laywoman of the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo; Mystic
  • Eugênio de Araújo Sales - (1920 - 2012), Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Cardinal
  • Maria de Vasconcelos - (1899 - 1937), Professed Religious of The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Dorothy; Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife (Brazil)
  • Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider - (1924 -2007), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor and Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil); Cardinal
  • Antonio Maria Mucciolo - (1923 - 2012), Archbishop of Botucatu (Italy - Brazil) and Co-Founder of Rede Vida Catholic Television
  • Pedro Perdigão Sampaio - (1900 - 1947), Priest of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil)
  • Francisca Carla Quirino - (1910 - 1953) , Laywoman of the Diocese of Tiangua/Ceara (Brazil); Martyr
  • Mauro Gurgel Braga Hebster - (1921 - 2016), Priest of the Diocese of Maranguape/Ceará (Brazil); Monsignor
  • Cícero Romão Batista - (1844 - 1934), Priest of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil)
  • Maria Magdalena do Espírito Santo de Araujo - (1862 - 1914), Laywoman of Diocese of Crato/Ceara (Brazil); Mystic
  • Francisco Murilo de Sá Barreto - (1930 - 2005), Priest of Diocese of Crato/Ceara (Brazil); Monsignor
  • Roberto Magalhães (Frei Robertinho) - (1920 - 2020) - Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil)
  • Henrique Soares da Costa - (1963 - 2020), Bishop of the Diocese of Palmares/Pernambuco (Brazil)
  • Rosalva da Conceição Lima (Rosinha do Horto) - (1920 - 2018), Laywoman of Diocese of Crato/Ceara (Brazil)
  • Olavo Cavalcante Cardoso - (1925 - 1969), Layperson of Diocese of Crateús/Ceará (Brazil); Martyr
  • Ronaldo Pereira da Silveira - (1970 - 1995), Layperson of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil); Member of Shalom Catholic Community
  • Raphaella Vieira Nobre - (1998 - 2016), Young Layperson of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil); Member of Shalom Catholic Community
  • Cleidimar Medeiros Dantas - (1955 - 1970), Young Layperson of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil)
  • Lúcia Morais Correia - (1915 - 1917), Child of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil)
  • Luiza Morais Correia Távora - (1923 - 1992), Married Laywoman of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil)
  • Francisca Augusto da Silva - (1942 - 1958), Young Laywoman of Diocese of Crato/Ceará (Brazil); Martyr
  • Antônio Batista Fragoso - (1920 - 2006), Bishop of the Diocese of Crateús (Brazil)
  • Pere (Pedro) Casaldàliga i Pla - (1928 - 2020) - Professed Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Bishop of São Félix do Araguaia (Spain-Brazil)
  • José Tupinambá da Frota - (1882 - 1959), Bishop of the Diocese of Sobral/Ceará (Brasil)
  • Maria Celina Nóbrega - (1929 - 1960), Laywoman of Diocese of Camocim/Ceará (Brazil)
  • Adelaide Elias Tahim - (1882 - 1929), Laywoman of the Diocese of Tianguá/Ceará (Holy Land - Brazil); Palestinian Brazilian
  • Argeu Gurgel Braga Herbster - (1911 - 1977), Layperson of Diocese of Maranguape/Ceará (Brazil); Physician
  • Vanilda Sanches Beber - (1943 - 1958), Young Laywoman of Archdiocese de São Paulo (Brazil)
  • Óscar González-Quevedo Bruzón - (1930 -2019), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Spain-Brazil)
  • Francisca da Cruz - (1913 - 1923), Child of the Diocese of Patos/Paraiba (Brazil); Martyr
  • Antônio Bento do Portão - (1875 - 1917), Layperson of Archdiocese of São Paulo (Brazil)
  • Maria Amida Kammers - (1941 - 1961), Young Laywoman of the Archdiocese of Florianopolis (Brazil); Martyr
  • Johann Fuchs - (1880 - 1938), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr (Switzerland-Brazil)
  • Pedro Sacilotti - (1898 - 1938), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Marco Ruben Vedovato - (1930 - 1968), Professed Priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus; Martyr (Italy-Brazil)
  • Antonio Henrique Pereira Neto - (1940 - 1969), Priest of the Diocese of Olinda-Recife; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Joao Bosco Burnier - (1917 - 1976), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Alberto Pierobon - (1927 - 1976), Professed Priest of the Xaverian Missionaries; Martyr (Italy-Brazil)
  • Santo Dias da Silva - (1942 - 1979), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of São Paulo; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Wagner Rodolfo da Silva - (1968 - 2003), Priest of Archdiocese of Aparecida/Sao Paulo; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Petrúcio Correia - (1927 - 1938), Child of the Archdiocese of Maceio (Brazil)
  • Margarida Maria Alves - (1933 - 1983), Layperson of the Diocese of Campina Grande; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Adelaide Molinari - (1938 - 1985), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Divine Charity; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Josimo Morais Tavares - (1953 - 1986), Priest of the Diocese of Tocantinopolis; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Vicente Canas Costa [Kiwxi] - (1939 - 1987), Professed Religious of the Jesuits; Martyr (Spain-Brazil)
  • Salvatore Deiana - (1956 - 1987), Professed Priest of the Xaverian Missionaries (Italy-Brazil)
  • Francisco Alves Mendes Filho - (1944 - 1988), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Rio Branco; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Maria Filomena Lopes Filha - (1946 - 1990), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Concepcion of Bonlanden; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Maria Rodrigues de Albuquerque - (1909 - 1991), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Jose Maria Prada - (1928 - 1991), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists; Martyr (Portugal-Brazil)
  • Pedro Afonso do Nascimento - (1870 - 1925), Layman of the Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista/Bahia (Brazil); Martyr
  • Petrus Beerkens (Remigius of the Holy Cross) - (1930 - 1993), Professed Priest of the Passionists; Martyr (Netherlands-Brazil)
  • Alberto Neri Fernandez da Costa Porto - (1963 - 2002), Layperson of the Diocese of Porto; Member of the Focolare Movement (Uruguay-Brazil)
  • Dirceu Vegini - (1952 - 2018), bishop of the Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu/Paraná (Brazil)
  • Dorothy Mae Stang - (1931 - 2005), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur; Martyr (USA-Brazil)
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gollark: Well, a few iterations back high-performance ARM cores got micro-op things despite a theoretical advantage of ARM being easier and simpler instruction decoding.

See also

References
  • Habig, Marion A. (1974). Saints of the Americas. Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 0-87973-880-4.
  • "Hagiography Circle"
  • "Ronaldo Pereira Virtual Museum
  • "Ronaldo Pereira Canonization Movement
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