# List of saints of India

The Catholic Church recognizes certain deceased Catholics as saints, beati, venerabili, and servants of God. Some such people have been born, died, or lived in India.

## Apostles

| Image | Name | Date of birth | Place of birth | Date of death | Place of death | Description | Feast |
| | St. Thomas the Apostle (Mar Thoma) | 1st century AD | Galilee | 3 July 72 AD | Mylapore, Chennai (presently Santhome) | The Apostle of India, who came to Tamilakam, present day Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and was martyred on St.Thomas Mount. | 3 July (solemnity in India) |
| | St. Bartholomew the Apostle | 1st century AD | Cana, Galilee | 1st century AD | Armenia | According to tradition, he did missionary activity in the region near Bombay on the Konkan coast. | 24 August |

## Saints
### Early times

| Name | Date of birth | Place of birth | Date of death | Place of death | Description | Feast |
| Pantaenus | 2nd century AD | Sicily | c. 200 | Alexandria, Egypt | A Greek theologian and a significant figure in the Catechetical School of Alexandria who lived as a missionary in India. | 7 July |
| Severus of Vienne | | India | c. 455 | Italy | A missionary priest in France, Indian by birth. | 8 August |
| Petroc | c. 468 | Wales | c. 564 | Cornwall, England | A British abbot who lived in India where he tamed wolves and returned to Britain with a wolf companion he had met in India. | 4 June |

### Modern times

| Name | Date of birth | Place of birth | Date of death | Place of death | Description | Feast | Declared servant of God | Declared venerable | Beatified | Canonised | Diocese | Rite |
| St. Francis Xavier (Francisco de Jasso Azpilicueta) S.J. | 7 April 1506 | Navarra, Spain | 3 December 1552 | China | Cofounder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) | 3 December (solemnity in India) | | | 25 October 1619 | 12 March 1622 | Goa and Daman | Latin |
| St. Gonsalo Garcia (Gonçalo Garcia) O.F.M. | 15 May 1557 | Bassein, Bombay | 5 February 1597 | Nagasaki, Japan | Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Martyr | 6 February | | | 14 September 1627 | 8 June 1862 | Vasai | Latin |
| St. John de Brito (João de Brito or Swami Arulanandar) S.J. | 1 March 1647 | Lisbon, Portugal | 11 February 1693 | Oriyur, Madurai | Priest; Martyr | 4 February | | | 21 August 1853 | 22 June 1947 | Sivagangai | Latin |
| St. Joseph Vaz (Juze Vaz) C.O. | 21 April 1651 | Benaulim, Goa | 17 January 1711 | Kandy, Sri Lanka | Priest of the Oratorians | 16 January | | 13 May 1989 | 21 January 1995 | 14 January 2015 | Goa and Daman | Latin |
| St. Devasahayam Pillai (Lazarus) | 23 April 1712 | Palliyadi, Tamil Nadu | 14 January 1752 | Aralvaimozhi, Tamil Naudu | Married Layperson; Martyr | 14 January | 22 December 2003 | 28 June 2012 | 2 December 2012 | 15 May 2022 | Kottar | Latin |
| St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara C.M.I. | 8 February 1805 | Kainakari, Alappuzha | 3 January 1871 | Koonammavu, Ernakulam | Cofounder and Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate; Founder of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel | 3 January | 8 December 1958 | 7 April 1984 | 8 February 1986 | 23 November 2014 | Verapoly | Syro-Malabar |
| St. Mariam Baouardy (Maryam Bawardi or Marie of Jesus Crucified) O.C.D. | 5 January 1846 | Israel | 26 August 1878 | Bethlehem | Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns, helped found the missionary Carmel of Mangalore, India | 26 August | 18 May 1927 | 27 November 1981 | 13 November 1983 | 17 May 2015 | Mangalore | Latin |
| St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan | 26 April 1876 | Thrissur, Kerala | 8 June 1926 | Thrissur, Kerala | Cofounder of the Congregation of the Holy Family | 8 June | 5 October 1973 | 28 June 1999 | 9 April 2000 | 13 October 2019 | Irinjalakuda | Syro-Malabar |
| St. Maximilian Kolbe (Rajmund Kolbe or Maksymilian Maria Kolbe) O.F.M.Conv. | 8 January 1894 | Poland | 14 August 1941 | Auschwitz death camp, Poland | Professed Priest of the Franciscan Conventuals, Travelled in 1932 to Malabar, India, where he founded a monastery | 14 August | 12 May 1955 | 30 January 1969 | 17 October 1971 | 10 October 1982 | Verapoly | Latin |
| St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (Anna Muttathupadathu) | 19 August 1910 | Kottayam | 28 July 1946 | Kottayam | Professed Religious of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation | 28 July | 2 December 1953 | 9 November 1984 | 8 February 1986 | 12 October 2008 | Palai | Syro-Malabar |
| St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Rosa Eluvathingal or Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) | 17 October 1877 | Kattoor, Irinjalakuda | 29 August 1952 | Ollur, Thrissur | Professed Religious of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel | 29 August | 29 August 1987 | 5 July 2002 | 3 December 2006 | 23 November 2014 | Thrissur | Syro-Malabar |
| St. Teresa of Calcutta (Anjëzë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) | 26 August 1910 | Skopje, Macedonia | 5 September 1997 | Calcutta | Founder of the Missionaries of Charity | 5 September | 12 June 1999 | 20 December 2002 | 19 October 2003 | 4 September 2016 | Calcutta | Latin |

## Beatified

| Name | Date of birth | Place of birth | Date of death | Place of death | Description | Feast | Declared servant of God | Declared venerable | Beatified | Diocese | Rite |
| Bl. Odoric of Pordenone | 1286 | Pordenone | 14 January 1331 | Udine | Franciscan friar | 14 January | | | 2 July 1755 | Bombay, Cuttack-Bhubaneswar | Latin |
| Martyrs of Cuncolim Bl. Rodolfo Acquaviva Bl. Alphonsus Pacheco Bl. Peter Berno Bl. Anthony Francis Bl. Francis Aranha | Martyrs of Cuncolim Bl. Rodolfo Acquaviva Bl. Alphonsus Pacheco Bl. Peter Berno Bl. Anthony Francis Bl. Francis Aranha | Martyrs of Cuncolim Bl. Rodolfo Acquaviva Bl. Alphonsus Pacheco Bl. Peter Berno Bl. Anthony Francis Bl. Francis Aranha | 2 July 1583 | Goa | Professed Priests and Religious of the Jesuits; Laypersons | 27 July | | | 16 April 1893 | Goa and Daman | Latin |
| Some of the 205 Martyrs of Japan Bl. Miguel de Carvalho, ordained a priest in Goa Bl. Francisco Pacheco, seminarian in Goa Bl. John Baptist Zola, missionary in Goa Bl. Balthasar de Torres, seminarian in Goa Bl. Diogo Carvalho (Didacus Carvalho), seminarian in Goa Bl. Pietro Paolo Navarra, ordained a priest in Goa Bl. Joao Batisto Machado, seminarian in Goa | Some of the 205 Martyrs of Japan Bl. Miguel de Carvalho, ordained a priest in Goa Bl. Francisco Pacheco, seminarian in Goa Bl. John Baptist Zola, missionary in Goa Bl. Balthasar de Torres, seminarian in Goa Bl. Diogo Carvalho (Didacus Carvalho), seminarian in Goa Bl. Pietro Paolo Navarra, ordained a priest in Goa Bl. Joao Batisto Machado, seminarian in Goa | Some of the 205 Martyrs of Japan Bl. Miguel de Carvalho, ordained a priest in Goa Bl. Francisco Pacheco, seminarian in Goa Bl. John Baptist Zola, missionary in Goa Bl. Balthasar de Torres, seminarian in Goa Bl. Diogo Carvalho (Didacus Carvalho), seminarian in Goa Bl. Pietro Paolo Navarra, ordained a priest in Goa Bl. Joao Batisto Machado, seminarian in Goa | 1598–1632 | Japan | | 10 September | | | 7 May 1867 | Goa and Daman | Latin |
| Bls. Denis of the Nativity (Pierre Berthelot) and Redemptus of the Cross (Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha) | Bls. Denis of the Nativity (Pierre Berthelot) and Redemptus of the Cross (Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha) | Bls. Denis of the Nativity (Pierre Berthelot) and Redemptus of the Cross (Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha) | 29 November 1638 | Achen-Jakarta, Indonesia | Professed Priest and Religious of the Discalced Carmelites; Martyrs | 29 November | | | 10 June 1900 | Goa and Daman | Latin |
| Bl. Mary of the Passion (Helene-Marie-Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville) | 21 May 1839 | Nantes, France | 15 November 1904 | Sanremo, Italy | Founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary | 15 November | | 28 June 1999 | 20 October 2002 | Ooty | Latin |
| Bl. Augustinose Thevarparampil (Kunjachan) | 1 April 1891 | Ramapuram, Kerala | 16 October 1973 | Ramapuram, Kerala | Diocesan Priest | 16 October | 11 August 1987 | 22 June 2004 | 30 April 2006 | Palai | Syro-Malabar |
| Bl. Sister Rani Maria (Mariam Vattalil) | 29 January 1954 | Pulluvazhy, Ernakulam | 25 February 1995 | Dhad Devanala village, Kampel, Indore | Professed Religious of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, Martyr | 25 February | 29 June 2005 | 23 March 2017 | 4 November 2017 | Indore | Syro-Malabar |

## Group of martyrs

* The Four Martyrs of Thane (d. 1321 in Thane, India), Roman Catholic
** Bl. Thomas of Tolentino (Tommaso di Tolentino) (ca. 1255–1321), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Italy)
** James of Padua (Giacomo di Padua) (d. 1321), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Italy)
** Peter of Siena (Pietro di Siena) (d. 1321), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Italy)
** Demetrius of Tiflis (Demetrio da Tifliz) (d. 1321), Layperson of the Diocese of Quilon (Georgia-Armenia)
*** Feast: 9 April

## Venerables

| Name | Date of birth | Place of birth | Date of death | Place of death | Description | Declared servant of God | Declared venerable | Diocese | Rite |
| Ven. Melchior de Marion Brésillac | 2 December 1813 | Castelnaudary, France | 25 June 1859 | Freetown, Sierra Leone | Apostolic Vicar of Coimbatore | | 26 May 2020 | Coimbatore | Latin |
| Ven. Joseph Alois Hartmann (Anastasius of Altwis), OFM. Cap. | 24 February 1803 | Switzerland | 24 April 1866 | Kurji, Patna | Apostolic Vicar of Patna | | 21 December 1998 | Allahabad | Latin |
| Ven. Veronica of the Passion (Sophia Leeves) | 1 October 1823 | Constantinople | 16 November 1906 | Pau, France | Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns; Founder of the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel | 16 July 1999 | 8 July 2014 | Bangalore | Latin |
| Mother Eliswa Vakayil | 15 October 1831 | Vypin, Ernakulam | 18 July 1913 | Varapuzha | Widow; Founder of the Congregation of Teresian Carmelites | 30 August 2008 | 6 January 2024 | Verapoly | Latin |
| Ven. Mary Jane Wilson (Maria of Saint Francis) | 3 October 1840 | Harihara, Karnataka | 18 October 1916 | Madeira, Portugal | Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Victory | | 9 October 2013 | Shimoga | Latin |
| Ven. Thomas Kurialacherry | 14 January 1873 | Champakulam, Changanacherry | 2 June 1925 | Rome | Eparch of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabarese; Founder of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament | 25 January 1985 | 2 April 2011 | Changanacherry | Syro-Malabar |
| Ven. Agnelo Gustavo Adolfo de Souza | 21 January 1869 | Anjuna, Goa | 20 November 1927 | Goa | Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Francis Xavier of Pilar | 7 February 1953 | 10 November 1986 | Goa and Daman | Latin |
| Ven. Varghese Payapilly Palakkappilly | 8 August 1876 | Konthuruthy | 5 October 1929 | Ernakulam | Priest; Founder of the Sisters of the Destitute | 25 August 2009 | 3 March 2016 | Ernakulam-Angamaly | Syro-Malabar |
| Ven. Mathew Kadalikattil | 25 April 1872 | Edappady, Kerala | 23 May 1935 | Pala, Kerala | Diocesan Priest; Founder of the Sacred Heart Congregation | 12 November 1989 | 27 June 2011 | Palai | Syro-Malabar |
| Ven. Fr. John Vincent, OCD | 19 July 1862 | Spain | 27 February 1943 | Spain | Priest | 22 September 1978 | 12 January 1996 | Verapoly | Latin |
| Geevarghese Mar Ivanios (Geevarghese Thomas Panickerveetil) | 21 September 1882 | Mavelikkara | 15 July 1953 | Trivandrum | First Archbishop of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church; Founder of the Congregation of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Ashram), the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ and the Daughters of Mary | 14 July 2007 | 14 March 2024 | Trivandrum | Syro-Malankara |
| Ven. Fernanda Riva | 17 April 1920 | Monza, Milan | 22 January 1956 | Bombay | Professed Religious of the Canossian Daughters of Charity | 13 August 1994 | 28 June 2012 | Alleppey | Latin |
| Ven. Augustine John Ukken | 19 Dec 1880 | Thrissur, Kerala | 13 October 1956 | Chowannur, Thrissur, Kerala | Priest; Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Trichur | 24 August 2008 | 22 December 2018 | Thrissur | Syro-Malabar |
| Ven. Zacarias Salterain Bizkarra (Zacarias of Saint Teresa), OCD | 5 November 1887 | Spain | 23 May 1957 | Aluva | Priest | 14 January 1987 | 27 January 2014 | Verapoly | Latin |
| Sr. Maria Celine Kannanaikal, UMI | 13 February 1931 | Kundanoor, Trichur | 26 July 1957 | Kannur | Professed Religious | 29 July 2007 | 5 August 2022 | Kannur | Syro-Malabar |
| Ven. Pedro Landeta Azcueta (Aureliano of the Blessed Sacrament), OCD | 27 June 1887 | Spain | 16 November 1963 | Aluva | Priest | 17 December 1980 | 26 March 1999 | Verapoly | Latin |
| Ven. Joseph Vithayathil | 23 July 1865 | Puthenpally, Kerala | 8 June 1964 | Kuzhikkattussery, Kerala | Priest of the Eparchy of Trichur (now within the Eparchy of Irinjalakuda); Co-founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family | 7 June 2004 | 14 December 2015 | Irinjalakuda | Syro-Malabar |
| Ven. Francesco Convertini, SDB | 29 August 1898 | Marinelli, Italy | 11 February 1976 | Krishnagar | Priest | 19 June 2006 | 20 January 2017 | Krishnagar | Latin |
| Ven. Stefano Ferrando, SDB | 28 September 1895 | Rossiglione, Genova, Italy | 20 June 1978 | Genova, Italy | Bishop of Shillong; Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Mary, Help of Christians | 3 October 2003 | 3 March 2016 | Shillong | Latin |

## Servants of God

This section includes those who have been formally declared as a Servant of God by a bishop, or listed as a Servant of God by a conference of bishops.
| Name | Date of birth | Place of birth | Date of death | Place of death | Description | Declared servant of God | Diocese | Rite |
| Antonio Pietro Criminali | 7 February 1520 | Sissa, Italy | 26 May 1549 | Vedhalai, Ramanathapuram | professed priest, Jesuits | | Sivagangai | Latin |
| Bl. Emmanuel d'Abreu, SJ | 1708 | | 12 January 1737 | Tonkin | Priest; Martyr | | Goa and Daman | Latin |
| Michael [Michele] Ansaldo | 29 September 1739 | Messina, Italy | 2 November 1805 | Chennai, Tamil Nādu | professed priest, Jesuits; founder, Franciscan Sisters of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga | 3 December 2020 | Pondicherry-Cuddalore | Latin |
| Fr. Nicolas-Michel Krick (fr), MEP and Fr. Augustin-Etienne Bourry (fr), MEP | Fr. Nicolas-Michel Krick (fr), MEP and Fr. Augustin-Etienne Bourry (fr), MEP | Fr. Nicolas-Michel Krick (fr), MEP and Fr. Augustin-Etienne Bourry (fr), MEP | 2 August 1854 | Somme Village, Khibito (India-China border) | Priests; Martyrs | 2 August 2010 | Miao | Latin |
| Fr. Louis Savinien Dupuis (fr), MEP | 18 August 1806 | Sens, France | 4 June 1874 | Pondicherry | Priest; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Pondicherry and the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Quilon | 4 April 2016 | Pondicherry and Cuddalore | Latin |
| Thatipatri Gnanamma | 1822 | Guntur | 21 December 1874 | Kilacheri, Tamil Nadu | Widow; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne of Chennai and the Sisters of Saint Anne of Phirangipuram | 21 March 2014 | Madras and Mylapore | Latin |
| Fr. Joseph Louis Ravel | 24 August 1824 | Valernes, France | 31 January 1881 | Coimbatore | Priest, founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of Mary | 14 January 2020 | Coimbatore | Latin |
| Annammal Selvanayagam Pillai | 1836 | Varaganeri, Trichy | 8 June 1883 | Melapudur, Trichy | Lay woman, Founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne of Trichy | 3 November 2016 | Trichy | Latin |
| Constant Lievens, SJ | 11 April 1856 | Moorslede, Belgium | 7 November 1893 | Leuven, Belgium | Priest | 15 March 2001 | Ranchi | Latin |
| Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM | 7 December 1854 | Zwolle, Holland | 5 January 1900 | France | Founder of Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima | 25 July 2007 | Bellary | Latin |
| Mary Grace D'Lima (Teresa of Saint Rose of Lima) | 29 January 1858 | Madras | 12 September 1902 | Cuddapah | Founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa | 22 August 2015 | Bangalore | Latin |
| Sr. Marie-Gertrude of the Precious Blood Gros (Félicie Gros), SMMI | 27 March 1850 | Paris, France | 18 March 1905 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | co-foundress of SMMI | 13 December 2012 | Nagpur | Latin |
| Augustine Pereira | 11 February 1854 | Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu | 21 October 1911 | N.Panjampatti, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu | Founder of the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception | 26 March 2015 | Dindigul | Latin |
| Mathew Makil | 27 March 1851 | Manjoor, Kottayam | 26 January 1914 | Kottayam | Apostolic Vicar of Changanacherry and Kottayam; Founder of the Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 26 January 2009 | Kottayam | Syro-Malabar |
| Fr. Silvio Pasquali, PIME | 5 April 1864 | Picenengo, Cremona, Italy | 7 July 1924 | Eluru | Priest; Founder of the Catechist Sisters of Saint Anne | 25 April 2015 | Eluru | Latin |
| Henri Caumont (Fortunat of Tours)(fr) | 10 December 1871 | Tours, France | 6 August 1930 | | Professed Priest,Franciscan Capuchins; Bishop of Ajmer; Founder, Prabhudasi Sisters of Ajmer – Handmaids of the Lord and the Mission Sisters of Ajmer | 8 April 2022 | Ajmer | Latin |
| Fr. Varkey Kattarath, VC | 31 October 1851 | Poonjar, Kerala | 24 October 1931 | | Professed Priest and Founder of the Vicentian Congregation | 5 February 2020 | Ernakulam-Angamaly | Syro-Malabar |
| Fr. George Vakayil (Vakayilachan) | 12 September 1883 | Koonammavu | 4 November 1931 | Maradu, Cochin | Diocesan priest | 1 September 2013 | Verapoly | Latin |
| Sebastian Lawrence Casimir Presentation Valiyathayil | 10 August 1867 | Arthunkal, Kerala | 13 June 1936 | Arthunkal, Kerala | Diocesan Priest, Founder of the Visitation Sisters of Alleppey | 12 June 2013 | Alleppey | Latin |
| Charles from Ploemeur (Alfred Le Neouannis) | 8 March 1870 | Ploemeur, Morbihan (France) | 6 August 1941 | Ambapara, Banswara, Rajasthan | professed priest, Capuchin Franciscans | 16 December 2020 | Udaipur | Latin |
| Adelrich Benziger (Aloysius of Saint Mary) | 31 January 1864 | Einsiedeln, Switzerland | 17 August 1942 | Trivandrum | Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelites; Bishop of Quilon | 20 October 2018 | Quilon | Latin |
| Thomas Poothathil | 24 October 1871 | Neendoor | 4 December 1943 | Kaipuzha | Priest; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph's Congregation | 26 January 2009 | Kottayam | Syro-Malabar |
| Joseph Thamby, OFS | September 1883 | Pondicherry | 15 January 1945 | Pedavutapalli, Vijayawada | Layperson; Member of the Secular Franciscans | 24 June 2007 | Vijayawada | Latin |
| Joseph Panjikaran | 10 September 1888 | Uzhuva, Ernakulam | 4 November 1949 | Kothamangalam | Priest; Founder of the Medical Sisters of Saint Joseph | 18 June 2010 | Ernakulam-Angamaly | Syro-Malabar |
| Constantine Vendrame, SDB | 27 August 1893 | Italy | 30 January 1957 | Dibrugarh | Priest | 2009 | Shillong | Latin |
| Sr. Dr. Mary Glowrey, JMJ (Mary of the Sacred Heart) | 23 June 1887 | Birregurra, Australia | 5 May 1957 | Bangalore | Foundress of Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) | 27 March 2013 | Guntur | Latin |
| Peter Reddy OFS, (Paul Chenappan Reddy or Peter Paradesi) | 30 April 1895 | Peraiur Ammapettai, Thirumangalam Taluk, Madurai | 21 June 1958 | Palayamkottai | Married Layperson; Member of the Secular Franciscans | 9 October 2008 | Palayamkottai | Latin |
| Raymond Francis Camillus Mascarenhas | 23 January 1875 | Shimoga | 23 December 1960 | Bendur, Mangalore | Priest; Founder of the Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany | 3 May 2008 | Mangalore | Latin |
| Lawrence Puliyanath | 8 August 1898 | Mundamveli, Kochi | 20 February 1961 | Edakochi | Priest, Social Reformer | 4 February 2011 | Cochin | Latin |
| Mary Bernadette Prasad Kispotta | 2 June 1878 | Saragaon, Ranchi | 16 April 1961 | Ranchi | Founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne of Ranchi | 7 August 2016 | Ranchi | Latin |
| Fr. Antony Thachuparambil | 8 December 1894 | Kottat, Chalakudy | 9 June 1963 | Chelakkara | Priest | 9 June 2009 | Thrissur | Syro-Malabar |
| Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas | 7 March 1889 | Pandiyanthalvu, Sri Lanka | 26 January 1964 | Jaffna, Sri Lanka | professed priest, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; founder, Congregation of the Rosarians, Congregation of the Rosarian Sisters | 11 March 2006 | Bangalore | Latin |
| Hermann Rasschaert | 13 September 1922 | Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands | 24 March 1964 | Gerda, Jharkhand | Professed priest of the Jesuits, martyr | 25 August 2019 | Simdega | Latin |
| Fr. Michael Koodalloor (Theophane of Kottappuram), OFM Cap. | 20 July 1913 | Kottapuram | 4 April 1968 | Ponnurinni, Ernakulam | Priest | 10 January 2005 | Verapoly | Latin |
| Fr. Antony Soosainather, CR | 18 December 1882 | Tuticorin | 8 June 1968 | Fatimagiri Asram, Vadakangulam | Priest | 28 October 2010 | Tuticorin | Latin |
| Fr. Adeodatus of Saint Peter (Muthiyavila Valiyachan) | 27 January 1896 | Beveren, Belgium | 20 October 1968 | Thiruvananthapuram | professed priest of the Discalced Carmelites | 20 October 2018 | Neyyattinkara | Latin |
| Thommachan Puthenparampil | 8 July 1836 | Edathuva, Alleppey | 1 November 1968 | Edathuva, Alleppey | Married Layperson; Member of the Secular Franciscans | 29 June 2012 | Changanacherry | Syro-Malabar |
| Mathew Kavukatt | 17 July 1904 | Pravithanath | 9 October 1969 | Changanacherry | Archeparch of Changanacherry | 25 September 1994 | Changanacherry | Syro-Malabar |
| Archbishop Joseph Attipetty | 25 Jun 1894 | Vypeen | 21 January 1970 | Ernakulam, Kerala, India | Archbishop of Verapoly | 21 January 2020 | Verapoly | Latin |
| Msgr. George Fernandes | 23 April 1903 | Goa | 2 June 1970 | | Founder of the Poor Sisters of Our Lady (PSOL), priest of the Archdiocese of Bombay | 14 September 2019 | Bombay | Latin |
| Fr. Lourdu Xavier Savarirayan | 18 May 1910 | Kovanda Kurichy, Thiruchirapalli | 16 April 1972 | Poondi | Priest | 4 April 2016 | Kumbakonam | Latin |
| Philomena Vallayil (Mary Francesca de Chantal) | 23 December 1880 | Champakulam | 25 May 1972 | | Founder of the Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament | July 2018 | Changanacherry | Syro-Malabar |
| Fr. Louis Marie Leveil, SJ | 6 April 1884 | Laille, France | 21 March 1973 | Sarugani, Sivagangai | Priest | 9 August 2016 | Sivagangai | Latin |
| Paula Monnigmann (Petra) [Dinadassi] | 14 June 1924 | Oelde, Germany | 5 June 1976 | Pattuvam, Kannur | Founder of the Dina Sevana Sabha (Servants of the Poor) | 14 June 2009 | Kannur | Latin |
| Fr. Valerian Guemes Rodriguez, C.M. | 12 September 1890 | Quintanarruz, Burgos, Spain | 12 December 1978 | Mohana, Odisha | Priest, Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) | 12 August 2023 | Berhampur | Latin |
| Fr. John Peter Savarinayagam, OFM. Cap. | 29 May 1941 | Thiruppanthruthi, Kumbakonam | 2 March 1979 | Chennai | Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchin (Amala Annai Province of Tamil Nadu) | 3 December 2019 | Kumbakonam | Latin |
| Mariam Arampulickal (Mary Collette of the Infant Jesus) | 13 March 1904 | Cherpunkal, Kottayam | 18 December 1984 | Maniamkunnu, Panachippara, Poonjar | professed religious, Franciscan Clarist Congregation | 2021 | Palai | Latin |
| Reynolds Purackal | 28 December 1910 | Chethy, Alappuzha | 14 October 1988 | Alappuzha | Diocesan Priest | 28 December 2010 | Alleppey | Latin |
| Ante Gabrić (hr) | 1915 | Croatia | 1988 | India | Professed Priest of the Jesuits | January 2016 | Calcutta | Latin |
| Fr. Joseph Kandathil | 27 October 1904 | Chempu, Kerala | December 1991 | | Priest of the Archeparchy of Ernamkulam-Angamally; Founder of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate | 2019 | Ernakulam-Angamaly | Syro-Malabar |
| Bishop Jerome Fernandez | 8 September 1901 | | 27 February 1992 | | Bishop of Quilon | February 2019 | Quilon | Latin |
| Mary Celine Payyappilly | 10 December 1906 | Mallusserry, Kerala | 23 April 1993 | Karukutty, Kerala | Professed Religious of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel | 9 April 2018 | Ernakulam-Angamaly | Syro-Malabar |
| Peter John Roche (Alfred of Moodahadu) | 3 April 1924 | Barkur, Karnataka | 31 December 1996 | Mangalore | Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchin | October 2019 | Udupi | Latin |
| Fr. Ouseph Thekkekara (Canisius of Saint Teresa), CMI | 12 May 1914 | Anandapuram, Thrissur | 29 January 1998 | Kottackal, Mala | Priest | 29 March 2014 | Irinjalakuda | Syro-Malabar |
| Bishop Oreste Marengo, SDB | 29 August 1906 | Italy | 30 July 1998 | Tura | Bishop of Tura | 12 April 2007 | Tura | Latin |
| Armond Madhavath | 25 November 1930 | Nadavayal, Kerala | 12 January 2001 | | Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins | 2019 | Tellicherry | Syro-Malabar |
| Immanuel Lopez | May 1908 | Kochi | 20 March 2004 | Kochi | Vicar general of the Archdiocese of Verapoly | 20 July 2023 | Verapoly | Latin |
| Bernhard Thanhauser (Fortunatus) | 27 February 1918 | Berlin Friedenau, Germany | 21 November 2005 | Kattapana | Professed Religious of the Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God; Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint John of God | 22 November 2014 | Kanjirapally | Latin |
| Marian Zelazek, SVD | 30 January 1918 | Paledzie, Poland | 30 April 2006 | Puri, India | Priest | 11 February 2018 | Cuttack-Bhubaneswar | Latin |
| Sr. Fidelis Thaliath S.D | 29 February 1929 | Puthenpally, Ernakulam, Kerala | 17 January 2008 | Delhi, India | Professed religious of the Sisters of the Destitute | 14 July 2021 | Faridabad | Syro-Malabar |
| Kantheswar Digal and companions, martyrs of Kandhamal | | | August 2008 onwards | | Priest and Laypersons; Martyrs | 25 October 2023 | Cuttack-Bhubaneswar | Latin |
| Linus Maria Zucol | 8 February 1916 | Sarnonico, Italy | 6 January 2014 | Kozhikode, Kerala | professed priest, Jesuits | 11 November 2022 | Kannur | Latin |

## Candidates for sainthood

This section includes those for whom a cause of sainthood or a diocesan investigation is in progress, but the person has not been declared as a Servant of God, although the term 'Servant of God' is sometimes used for such persons.
| Name | Date of birth | Place of birth | Date of death | Place of death | Description | Diocese | Rite |
| Lorenz Hopfenmuller (Otto) | 29 May 1844 | Weismain, Germany | 20 August 1890 | Shillong | Professed Priest of the Salvatorians | Shillong | Latin |
| Benedict Onamkulam | 1929 | | 3 January 2001 | | Priest of the Archeparchy of Changanacherry | Changanacherry | Syro-Malabar |
| Jean-Richard Mahieu (François) [Acharya] | 17 January 1912 | Ypres, Belgium | 31 January 2002 | Tiruvalla | Professed Priest of the Trappists | Tiruvalla | Syro Malankara |
| Amelia Cimolino | 20 September 1912 | Italy | 19 June 2006 | Mangalore | Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa (Sisters of Holy Child Mary) | Mangalore | Latin |

## Others

This section includes persons who are regarded to have led holy and edifying lives, but for whom there is no cause or formal investigation in progress.
| Name | Date of birth | Place of birth | Date of death | Place of death | Description | Rite |
| Zénon de Beaugé | 1603 | France | 1687 | India | Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins | Latin |
| Ephrem de Nevers | 1607 | France | 1695 | India | Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins | Latin |
| Fr. Jácome Gonsalves | 8 June 1676 | Divar, Goa | 17 July 1742 | Bolawatta, Sri Lanka | Oratorian priest, companion of St. Joseph Vaz | Latin |
| Agnes McLaren | 1837 | England | 1913 | France | Layperson of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh | Latin |
| Francis Wilkinson (Marie de Borgia) | 12 July 1912 | Shimla | 22 November 1942 | Algeria | Professed religious, Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa | Latin |
| María Teresalina Sánchez (Joaquina de Zubiri Sánchez) | 1918 | Spain | 1947 | Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir | Professed Religious of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Martyr | Latin |
| Augustina Kochumuttam | 1940 | India | 1955 | India | Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa (Sisters of Holy Child Mary); Martyr | Latin |
| Augustine Kandathil | 1874 | India | 1956 | India | Archbishop of Ernakulam; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Therese of Lisieux and the Sisters of Nazareth | Syro-Malabar |
| Bridget Sequeira | 1905 | India | 1987 | India | Founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King | Latin |
| Joseph Parecattil | 1912 | India | 1987 | India | Archbishop of Ernamkulam; Cardinal | Syro-Malabar |
| Louis Moolaveetil (Easo Mathew) | 1934 | India | 1991 | India | Professed Priest of the Order of the Imitation of Christ; Martyr | Syro-Malankara |
| Bruno Kaniyarakath | 1894 | India | 1991 | India | Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate | Syro-Malabar |
| Emilian Vettath | 1902 | India | 1994 | India | Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate | Syro-Malabar |
| Alan Richard Griffiths (Swami Dayananda) | 1906 | England | 1993 | India | Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Camaldolese Congregation) | Latin |
| Preeti Chalil | 1950 | India | 1993 | Nepal | professed religious, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth | Latin |
| Thomas Anchanickal | 1951 | India | 1997 | India | Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr | Latin |
| Mother Maria Rosario of Jesus OCD | 15 January 1893 | Granada, Spain | 28 February 1970 | Thiruvalla, India | Professed Religious of Order of Discalced Carmelite, Foundress of first cloister carmel convents in Kerala | Latin |
| Jose Nedumattathil | 1962 | India | 1997 | India | Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr | Latin |
| Albisia (Mary Aletta) Dungdung | 1958 | India | 27 July 1998 | Yemen | professed religious, Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa | Latin |
| Pancratia (Mary Zilia) Minj | 1963 | India | 27 July 1998 | Yemen | professed religious, Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa | Latin |
| Ansama Antony (Mary Aloise) | 1964 | India | 1999 | Sierra Leone | professed religious, Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa | Latin |
| Anastasia Xalxo (Mary Indu) | 1956 | India | 1999 | Sierra Leone | professed religious, Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa | Latin |
| Suresh Barwa | 1983 | India | 2005 | Jamaica | novice, Missionaries of the Poor | Latin |
| Johnson (Prakash) Moyalan | 1948 | India | 2008 | Nepal | Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr | Latin |
| Thomas (Kunjumon) Pandippally | 1971 | India | 16 August 2008 | India | professed priest, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate | Syro-Malabar |
| Valsa John Malamel | 1958 | India | 2011 | India | Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary; Martyr | Syro-Malabar |
| Luigi (Luigino) Toffanin | 1950 | Italy | 2013 | India | Professed Priest of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus | Latin |
| Nirmala Joshi | 1934 | Nepal | 2015 | India | Professed Religious of the Missionaries of Charity | Latin |
| Cecilia (Mary Anselm) Minj | 8 May 1956 | India | 4 March 2016 | Yemen | professed religious, Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa | Latin |
| Ajna George | 2 April 1994 | Kochi | 21 January 2022 | Kochi | Laywoman of the Archdiocese of Verapoly | Latin |