List of Filipino saints, blesseds, and Servants of God

This is a list of Filipino saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God recognized by the Catholic Church. The majority of these men and women of religious life were born, died, or lived within the Philippines.

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint canonized

Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1521 to the islands included Catholic priests and missionaries among the crew. Some Catholic missionaries became the explorers of the native lands while converting and coercing the Indios towards Christianism. Because of the Spanish colonization which had been started by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, Christianity was introduced as settling within Cebu. Cebu is a well known bastion of the Roman Catholic faith.

Catholics continue to contribute to Filipino religious life to the present day. Subsequently, several Filipino Catholics have been considered for sainthood over the past centuries. Most of these saints-to-be are from the 20th Century and moving forward. Very few from the Spanish era within the Philippines found their way to the various levels of Church "sanctity."

The first Filipino saint canonized was Lorenzo Ruiz, a married lay Dominican and member of the Rosarian Confraternity in dedication to Our Lady. Lorenzo died as a martyr of faith, during the persecutions in Nagasaki, Japan, where the Japanese rulers organized an anti-clerical campaign. Lorenzo Ruiz was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Manila in 1981 and was later canonized at St. Peter's Square, Vatican City in 1987. Twenty-five years later, the title of "saint" was bestowed upon another martyr, Pedro Calungsod. Pedro was then canonized on October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Saints
  • Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (ca. 1600–1637), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Manila; Member of the Confraternity of the Rosary; Martyr (Manila, Philippines - Nagasaki, Japan)
    • Declared Venerable: October 11, 1980
    • Beatified: February 18, 1981, by Pope John Paul II
    • Canonized: October 18, 1987, by Pope John Paul II
  • Saint Pedro Calungsod (1654–1672), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Cebu; Martyr (Cebu, Philippines - Tumon, Guam)
    • Declared Venerable: January 27, 2000
    • Beatified: March 5, 2000, by Pope John Paul II
    • Canonized: October 21, 2012, by Pope Benedict XVI

Blesseds
  • Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores (Diego Jerónimo de San Vitores y Alonso de Maluendo) (1627-1672), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Burgos, Spain - Cebu, Philippines - Tumon, Guam)
    • Declared Venerable: November 09, 1984
    • Beatified: October 6, 1985, by Pope John Paul II
  • Blessed José María de Manila (Eugenio Sanz-Orozco Mortera) (1880-1936), Professed Priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; Martyr (Manila, Philippines - Madrid, Spain)
    • Declared Venerable: March 27, 2013
    • Beatified: October 13, 2013, by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
  • Blessed Iustus Takayama Ukon (Hikogorō Shigetomo) (ca. 1552-1615), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Tokyo (Nara, Japan - Manila, Philippines)
    • Declared Venerable: January 21, 2016
    • Beatified: February 7, 2017, by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.

Venerables
  • Venerable Isabel Larrañaga Ramírez (Isabel of the Heart of Jesus) (1836–1899), Founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Manila, Philippines - Havana, Cuba)
    • Declared Venerable: March 26, 1999
  • Venerable Ignacia del Espiritu Santo de Juco (1663–1748), Founder of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (Manila, Philippines)
    • Declared Venerable: July 6, 2007
  • Venerable Joaquina Maria Mercedes Barcelo Pages (Consuelo Barcelo y Pages) (1857–1940), Cofounder of the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation (Barcelona, Spain - Manila, Philippines)
    • Declared Venerable: December 20, 2012
  • Venerable Aloysius Schwartz (1930–1992), Priest of the Archdiocese of Manila; Founder of the Sisters of Mary of Banneux and Brothers of Christ (Washington D.C., USA - Manila, Philippines)
    • Declared Venerable: January 22, 2015
  • Venerable Alfredo María Obviar (1889–1978), Bishop of Lucena; Founder of Missionary Catechists of Saint Thérèse of the Infant Jesus (Batangas - Quezon, Philippines)
    • Declared Venerable: November 7, 2018
  • Venerable Maria Beatriz Del Rosario de Arroyo (Maria Rosario of the Visitation) (1884–1957), Founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines (Dominican Sisters of Molo) (Iloilo, Philippines)
    • Declared Venerable: June 11, 2019
  • Venerable Francisca del Espíritu Santo de Fuentes (1647–1711), Founder of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena (Manila, Philippines)
    • Declared Venerable: July 5, 2019

Servants of God
Mother Jeronima in her later years
  • Servant of God Jerónima Yañez de la Fuente (Jerónima of the Assumption) (1555–1630), Professed Religious of the Poor Clare Nuns (Toledo, Spain - Manila, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Francesco Palliola (1612–1648), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Naples, Italy - Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz (1693–1731), Cofounder of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters (Bulacan - Manila, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz (1691–1732), Cofounder of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters (Bulacan - Manila, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Ines Joaquina Vicenta Barcelo Pages (Rita) (1843–1904), Founder of the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation (Barcelona, Spain - Manila, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Wilhelm Finnemann (1882–1942), Professed priest of the Society of the Divine Word; Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan; Martyr (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Batangas, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Joseph Verbis Lafleur (1912–1944), Priest of the Military Ordinate of the United States (Louisiana, USA - Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Alfredo Verzosa (1877–1954), Bishop of Lipa; Founder of the Missionary Catechists of the Sacred Heart (Ilocos Sur, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Florencia Cuesta Valluerca (Trinidad of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) (1904–1967), Professed Religious of the Carmelite Nuns of the Ancient Observance (Madrid, Spain - Manila, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Carlo Braga (1889–1971), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco (Sondrio, Italy - Pampanga, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Dalisay Lazaga (1940–1971), Professed Religious of the Canossians Daughters of Charity (Laguna - Manila, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Amador Tajanlangit Sr. (1911–1977), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Jaro (Iloilo, Philippines)
  • Servant of God George J. Willmann (1897–1977), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (New York, USA - Manila, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Teofilo Camomot (1914–1988), Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro; Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis; Founder of the Daughters of Saint Teresa (Cebu, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Richard Michael Fernando (1970–1996), Professed Cleric of the Jesuits; Martyr (Quezon City, Philippines - Angk Snuol, Cambodia)
  • Servant of God Rhoel Gallardo (1965–2000), Professed Priest of the Claretians; Martyr (Zambales - Basilan, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Giuseppe Aveni (1918–2010), Professed Priest of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus (Messina, Italy - Parañaque, Philippines)
  • Servant of God Darwin Ramos (1994–2012), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Cubao (Quezon City, Philippines)

Group Martyrs

This sections conclude the list of martyrs pending for the Cause for Sainthood. Majority of them are underway for canonization proposed by the CCS.

  • Jesuit Martyrs in Micronesia, Jesuit and lay missionaries in Guam and the Federated States of Micronesia who died for the Christian faith and mission. Companion martyrs of Saint Pedro Calungsod and Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores.
    • Luis de Medina
    • Hipolito de la Cruz
    • Lorenzo
    • Diego Bazan
    • Damian Bernal
    • Nicolas de Figueroa
    • Francisco Esquerra
    • Pedro Diaz
    • Antonio Maria de San Basilio
    • Sebasian de Monroy
    • Andrés de la Cruz
    • Manuel Solorzano
    • Juan de los Reyes
    • Balthasar Dubois
    • Teofilo de Angelis
    • Felipe Songsong
    • Unnamed companions
  • De La Salle Martyrs of 1945, The Companion Martyrs of Bro. William Kelley (Egbert Xavier). All Professed Religious' of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers)
    • John Concoran (Flavius Leo)
      • Born: June 13, 1876 – Castlecomer, Kilkenny, Ireland
    • Wilhelm Hengelbrock (Mutwald William)
      • Born: November 10, 1907 – Osnabruck, Germany
    • Alois Seipel (Paternus Paul)
      • Born: March 21, 1908 – Marborn, Steinau an der Strasse, Main-Kinzig, Germany
    • Wilhelm Spieker (Arkadius Maria)
      • Born: November 10, 1910 – Kassel, Germany
    • Joseph Hastreiter (Gerfreid Joseph)
      • Born: August 23, 1912 – Furth im Wald, Cham, Germany
    • Lorenz Kreitner (Hartmann Hubert)
      • Born: October 23, 1912 – Mannheim, Germany
    • Johann Nepomuk Meier (Maximin Maria)
      • Born: September 30, 1913 – Frommersbach, Zerf, Trier-Saarburg, Germany
    • Hermann Joseph Gelb (Berthwin Philibert)
      • Born: October 13, 1913 – Hockenheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Germany
    • Helmut Jakob Wegner (Romuald Suxtus)
      • Born: August 29, 1914 – Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • Gyula Miklos (De La Salle Janos Baptista)
      • Born: 1918 – Budapest, Hungary
    • Johannes Kuntz (Freidebert Johannes)
      • Born: July 15, 1915 – Rheinfelden, Lorrach, Germany
    • Ernst Kammerling (Lambert Romanus)
      • Born: April 28, 1917 – Erkelenz, Heinsburg, Germany
    • Alfons Bender (Adolf Gebhard)
      • Born: May 12, 1914 – Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Germany
    • Joseph Biely (Alemond Lucian)
      • Born: 1917 – Slovak Republic
    • Konrad Wehle (Viktorinus Heinrich)
      • Born: November 21, 1914 – Grunmettstetten, Freudenstadt, Germany
      • Died: February 12, 1945 – Malate, Manila, Philippines
  • Religious Martyrs of Santo Tomas, professed religious' of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, martyred on March 15, 1945.
    • Anna Unterscher (Adelheida)
      • Born: July 27, 1898 – Höhenmoos, Rohrdorf, Rosenheim, Germany
    • Margareta Nieder (Aloysius)
      • Born: March 16, 1903 – Illingen, Neurkirchen, Germany
    • Agnes Hoffman (Ansberta)
      • Born: December 07, 1903 – Answeiler, Marpingen, Sankt Wendel, Germany
    • Paula Diancourt (Benedicta)
      • Born: October 6, 1899 – Dortmund, Erzdiözese Paderborn, Germany [1]
    • Maria Weisert (Bernia)
      • Born: April 08, 1907 – Sigmaringen, Germany
    • Palmaria Molina (Celia)
      • Born: December 02, 1908 – Tayum, Abra, Philippines
    • Petronilla Arjonilla Coral (Cesaria)
      • Born: April 29, 1907 – Mérida, Yucátan, Mexico
    • Maria Klara Schnettler (Cleophana)
      • Born: July 14, 1898 – Hagen, Germany
    • Sophie Hörth (Franciscetta)
      • Born: July 15, 1903 – Neusatz, Bühl, Germany
    • Maria Piebler (Gumberta)
      • Born: August 30, 1911 – Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria
    • Elisabet Faulstich (Isburga)
      • Born: September 20, 1908 – Cologne, Germany
    • Elisabeth Maria Anna Hartelt (Passima)
      • Born: July 15, 1903 – Niesse, Opole, Poland
    • Elisabeth Schofs (Placida)
      • Born: July 15, 1884 – Tönisvorst, Viersen, Germany
    • Margarete Mzyk (Richarde)
      • Born: April 03, 1910 – Königshütte, Poland
    • Bernardina Jurcovic (Victimaria)
      • Born: October 25, 1913 – Vištuk, Pezinok, Slovakia
      • Died: March 15, 1945 – Santo Tomas, Batangas, Philippines
  • Vincentian Martyrs of the Philippines, priests and religious' of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)
    • Alfonso Sandaña Díez, priest
      • Born: January 06, 1884 – Tardajos, Burgos, Spain
      • Died: September 20, 1942 – Mantalongon, Dalaguete, Cebu, Philippines
    • Aniano González Moreno, priest
      • Born: April 25, 1890 – Isar, Burgos, Spain
      • Died: October 21, 1944 – Baguio, Philippines
    • Prisciano González Moreno, priest
      • Born: October 12, 1885 – Isar, Burgos, Spain
    • Crispín Gómez Vallejo, priest
      • Born: December 04, 1895 – Hontauas, Burgos, Spain
    • Rafael Martínez Rojo, brother
      • Born: October 24, 1876 – Ferrero, León, Spain
    • Gumersindo Novero, seminarian
      • Born: Unknown in Cavite, Philippines
      • Died: February 08, 1945 – Mandaluyong, Manila, Philippines
    • José Tejada Merino, priest
      • Born: March 18, 1892 – Covarrubias, Burgos, Spain
    • Luis Ejeda Martínez, priest
      • Born: August 18, 1881 – Albarracin, Teruel, Spain
    • Adolfo Soto de Celis, priest
      • Born: March 17, 1884 – Rebolledo, Burgos, Spain
    • Julio Ruiz Sánchez, priest
      • Born: May 22, 1890 – Villarodrigo, Palencia, Spain
    • José Fernández Fernández, priest
      • Born: October 24, 1891 – Madrid, Spain
    • José Aguirreche Aguirre, priest
      • Born: August 27, 1891 – Régil, Guipúzcoa, Spain
    • Antolín Marcos Pardo, brother
      • Born: September 01, 1879 – Pedrosa de Río Úrbel, Burgos, Spain
    • Valentín Santidrián Bermejo, brother
      • Born: February 12, 1901 – Villadiego, Burgos, Spain
    • Gregorio Induráin Echarte, brother
      • Born: 1870 – Ozcoidi, Urraúl, Alto, Navarra, Spain
    • Alejandro García García, brother
      • Born: Unknown in Spain
      • Died: February 09, 1945 – San Marcelino, Manila, Philippines
    • Jerónimo Pampliega Melgosa, priest
      • Born: Unknown in Rabé de las Calzadas, Burgos, Spain
      • Died: February 19, 1945 – Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
    • Anselmo Andrés, priest
      • Born: 1875 – Spain
      • Died: February 26, 1945 – Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines

See also

References
  1. Moll, Helmut (2015). ZEUGEN FÜR CHRISTUS (Helmut Moll ed.). FERDINAND SCHÖNINGH. p. 1597. ISBN 978-3-506-78080-5.

Bibliography
  • Moll, Helmut. ZEUGEN FÜR CHRISTUS (Das deutsche Martyrologium

des 20. Jahrhunderts), 2015. ISBN 978-3-506-78080-5.

  • Facebook: Friends of Bro. Richie Fernando, SJ (group page)
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