List of Canadian Roman Catholic saints

The Roman Catholic Church has been part of Canadian history since the earliest European explorers. A French priest accompanied the great explorer Jacques Cartier, performing the first ever recorded Holy Mass on Canadian soil on July 7, 1534, on the shores of the Gaspé Peninsula. It was followed by deliberate conversion of the First Nations into the fold of Catholicism. Soon after, more and more religious congregations set foot in Canada especially among French-speaking present-day Quebec.

In this long history of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada, a number of deceased persons of the Church have had their life and work declared worthy of achieving one of the four stages of canonization in the Catholic Church: Servants of God; Venerable; Beatification (Blessed); and, for some, full recognition as a Saint.

Fondateurs

The list of Canadian Roman Catholic Saints (St.), Blesseds (Bl.) and Venerables (Ven.) includes six individuals called the Fondateurs, or Founders. These people are particularly venerated for establishing the Church in Canada. Generally, these are: St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, St. Marguerite d'Youville, St. François de Laval, St. Marie de l'Incarnation, Bl. Catherine de Saint-Augustin and Ven. Jeanne Mance. Sometimes, Ven. Jérôme Le Royer de la Dauversière is also included.

Saints

The Canadian Martyrs

The first Canadians to be canonized as saints were the Canadian Martyrs, eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, who were martyred in the mid-17th century in Canada and upstate New York. They comprised the six priests and two companions missioning to the Huron during colonial days of New France. These holy men were canonized by Pope Pius XI on June 29, 1930, for having been martyred for their faith. Their feast day is celebrated in Canada on September 26.

Other Canadian Saints

St. Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700) founded the Congregation of Notre Dame who are involved in providing Christian education to many parts of the world. She worked tirelessly to ensure the rights and welfare of women and children in New France and to ensure that young people received an education. Marguerite was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 31, 1982; her feast day is celebrated on January 12.

St. Marguerite d'Youville (1701–1771).This pious woman founded the religious congregation called the Grey Nuns (originally called The Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal). The first Canadian-born saint. Pope John Paul II canonized her in 1990. Her feast day is celebrated on October 16.

St. André Bessette, C.S.C. (French: Frère André, born Alfred Bessette) (August 9, 1845 – January 6, 1937) was a Holy Cross Brother and a significant figure of the Roman Catholic Church among French-Canadians, credited with thousands of reported miraculous healings. He was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI on October 17, 2010. His feast day is celebrated January 7.

St. Kateri Tekakwitha (Born in 1656, died in 1680) was a layperson and a significant aboriginal figure in Canada with credit to numerous miraculous healings. The first Western Hemisphere Aboriginal saint. She was beatified on June 22, 1980 and was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012. Her feast day is celebrated on April 17.

St. Marie de l'Incarnation (Born in 1599, died in 1672). Founder of the Urselines Sisters in Québec. Beatified on June 22, 1980. Declared a saint through equivalent canonization by Pope Francis on April 3, 2014. [1] Her feast day is celebrated on April 30.

St. François de Laval (Born in 1623, died in 1708). First Bishop of Québec. Beatified on June 22, 1980. Declared a saint through equivalent canonization by Pope Francis on April 3, 2014. [2] His feast day is celebrated on May 6.

Blesseds

Blessed André Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (Born in 1758, died in 1792). Born in Montréal. Martyred in Paris on September 2, 1792 during the French Revolution. Beatified on October 17, 1926. Feast celebrated on September 2.

Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher (Born in 1811, died in 1849). Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. Beatified on May 23, 1982. Feast celebrated on October 6.

Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis (Born in 1840, died in 1912). Founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family. Beatified on September 11, 1984 in Montréal. Feast celebrated on May 4.

Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau (Born in 1824, died in 1901). Fourth Bishop of Saint Hyacinthe. Beatified on May 10, 1987. Feast celebrated on May 24.

Blessed Frédéric Janssoone, Franciscan (Born in 1838, died in 1916). Beatified on September 25, 1988. Feast celebrated on August 5.

Blessed Catherine de Saint-Augustin (Born in 1632, Died in 1668). Founder of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. Beatified on April 23, 1989. Feast celebrated on May 8.

Blessed Dina Bélanger (Sister Marie Sainte-Cécile of Rome) (Born in 1897, Died in 1929). Beatified on March 20, 1993. Feast celebrated on September 4.

Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin (Born in 1809, Died in 1890). Founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne. Beatified on April 29, 2001. Feast celebrated on April 18.

Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky, Bishop and Martyr (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) (Born June 1, 1903, Died June 30, 1973). Oft jailed bishop of the underground church in communist era Lviv, Ukraine. Secretly ordained as Bishop in 1963. Beatified on June 27, 2001.

Blessed Nykyta Budka (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) (Born June 7, 1877 Poland, Died October 1, 1949 Soviet concentration camp). Ordained on October 25, 1905. First bishop for Ukrainian Catholics on July 15, 1912 in Canada. Beatified June 27, 2001.

Blessed Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin (Born in 1800, Died in 1851). Founder of the Sisters of Providence. Beatified on October 7, 2001. Feast celebrated on September 23.

Blessed Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon, (Born in 1840, died in 1881). foundress of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Beatified on April 26, 2015. Feast celebrated on August 17

Venerables

Venerable Vital Grandin, Oblate of Mary Immaculate, (Born in 1829, died in 1902). Bishop of Saint Albert, Alberta. Declared Venerable on December 15, 1966.

Venerable Alfred Pampalon, Redemptorist, (Born in 1867, died in 1896). Declared Venerable on May 14, 1991.

Venerable Élisabeth Bergeron, (Born in 1851, died in 1936). Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, Saint Hyacinthe. Declared Venerable on January 12, 1996.

Venerable Délia Tétreault, (Born in 1865, died in 1941). Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. Declared Venerable on December 18, 1997.

Venerable Jérôme Le Royer de la Dauversière, layperson, (Born in 1597, died in 1659). Founder of Montréal and the welcoming religious of Saint Joseph. Declared Venerable on July 6, 2007.

Venerable Théophanius-Léo (Adolphe Chatillon), Brother of the Christian Schools, (Born in 1871, died in 1929). Declared Venerable on April 2, 2011.

Venerable Marie of the Sacred Heart (Marie Fitzbach) (Born in 1806, died in 1885). Founder of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Québec. Declared Venerable on June 28, 2012.

Venerable Antoine Kowalczyk, brother of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, (Born in 1866, died in 1947). Declared Venerable on March 27, 2013.

Venerable Rosalie Cadron-Jetté (Born in 1794, died in 1864). Founder of the Misericordia Sisters. Declared Venerable on December 9, 2013.

Venerable Marcella Mallet, foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Quebec, (Born in 1805, died in 1871). Declared Venerable on January 27, 2014.

Venerable Marie-Clément Staub, Assumptionist, (Born in 1876, died in 1936). Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joan of Arc and of the Canadian Montmartre. Declared Venerable on April 3, 2014

Venerable Jeanne Mance, layperson, (Born in 1606, died in 1673). Co-founded Montréal and founder of the "Hôtel-Dieu" of Québec. Declared Venerable on November 7, 2014

Venerable William Gagnon, (Born in 1905, died in 1972). Brother of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Declared Venerable on December 14, 2015.

Servants of God

Jeanne Le Ber, layperson in seclusion, (Born in 1662, died in 1714).

Élisabeth Bruyère, (Born in 1818, died in 1876). Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa.

Catherine-Aurélie Caouette, (Born in 1833, died in 1905). Founder of the Sisters of Adoration of the Precious Blood, Saint-Hyacinthe.

Stephen Eckert (Born in 1869, died in 1923). Capuchin priest.

Bernarda Morin-Rouleau (Born in 1832, died in 1929). Founder of the Sisters of Providence of Chile.

Gérard Raymond, (Born in 1912, died in 1932). Student in the Little Seminary, (Petit Séminaire) of Québec.

Ovide Charlebois, Oblate of Mary Immaculate, (Born in 1862, died in 1933). Bishop of Keewatin, Manitoba.

Louis Doumain, (Born in 1920, died in 1944). Martyred in Germany with the Service du Travail Obligatoire.

Eugène Prévost, priest, (Born in 1860, died in 1946). Founder of the Sacerdotal Fraternity and of the Oblates of Bethany.

Albert L'Heureux, (Born in 1894, died in 1947). Trappist priest.

Victor Lelièvre, Oblate of Mary Immaculate, (Born in 1876, died in 1956). Apostle of the Sacred Heart.

Pierre Fallaize, Bishop, (Born in 1887, died in 1964). Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and auxiliary bishop of MacKenzie.

Flavian LaPlante, (Born in 1907, died in 1981). Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Cross.

Catherine de Hueck Doherty, (Born in 1896, died in 1985). Founder of the Madonna House in Combermere, Ontario.

Carmelina Tarantino, (Born in 1937, died in 1992). Sister of the Passionist Sisters of Saint Paul of the Cross.

Julienne Dallaire, (Born in 1911, died in 1995). Founder of the Dominican Missionary Adorers.

Emiliano Tardif, (Born in 1928, died in 1999). Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and founder of the Community of the Servants of the Living Christ.

Other possible causes

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

Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot, Jesuit, (Born in 1611, died in 1693). Companion of the Canadian Martyrs.

Didace Pelletier, religious brother, (Born in 1657, died in 1699). Carpenter and Church builder.

Éléonore Potvin, (Born in 1865, died in 1903). Co-founded the Servants of Jesus-Mary, Hull, with Father Alexis-Louis Mangin.

Alexis-Louis Mangin, priest, (Born in 1856, died in 1920). Co-founded the Servants of Jesus-Mary, Hull with Éléonore Potvin.

Elzear DeLamarre (Born in 1854, died in 1925). Priest and founder of the Antonian Sisters of Mary.

Louis Émond, layperson, (Born in 1876, died in 1949). Co-founded the House of Jesus Carpenter in Québec with Father Lelièvre of.

Georges Vanier, (Born in 1888, died in 1967). Governor-General of Canada from 1959 to 1967.

Pauline Archer-Vanier, (Born in 1898, died in 1991). "Mamie" of the Arch founded by her son John (Jean) in Trosly-Breuil, France.

Charlotte Daneau de Muy (Born in 1694, died in 1759). Professed Religious of the Ursuline Nuns.

Marie-Catherine Huot (Born in 1791, Died in 1869) Professed Religious, Congregation of the Notre Dame.

Marguerite-Thérèse Lemoine Despins (Born in 1722, died in 1792) Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of the Hospitals.

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Cindy Wooden, ["Pope declares by decree three new saints for the Americas," | http://ncronline.org/news/people/pope-declares-decree-three-new-saints-americas] Catholic News Service, 3 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Cindy Wooden, ["Pope declares by decree three new saints for the Americas," | http://ncronline.org/news/people/pope-declares-decree-three-new-saints-americas] Catholic News Service, 3 April 2014.
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