# List of saints canonized in the 20th century

List of saints canonized in the 20th century (1901–2000) are people who have received recognition as saints through canonization by the following popes of the Roman Catholic Church:
* Pope Pius XI (1922–1939)
* Pope Pius XII (1939–1958)
* Pope John XXIII (1958–1963)
* Pope Paul VI (1963–1978)
* Pope John Paul II (1978–2005)

## Canonized by Pope Pius XI

The following are saints canonized by Pope Pius XI from 1922 to 1939:
| Saint | Date of Canonization | Place of Canonization |
| Thérèse of Lisieux | 17 May 1925 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Peter Canisius | 21 May 1925 | Rome, Italy |
| Madeleine Sophie Barat | 24 May 1925 | Rome, Italy |
| Marie-Madeleine Postel | 24 May 1925 | Rome, Italy |
| Bogumilus | 27 May 1925 | Rome, Italy |
| John Vianney | 31 May 1925 | Rome, Italy |
| Jean Eudes | 31 May 1925 | Rome, Italy |
| Catherine of Palma | 22 June 1930 | Rome, Italy |
| Lucy Filippini | 22 June 1930 | Rome, Italy |
| Canadian Martyrs | 29 June 1930 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Robert Bellarmine | 29 June 1930 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Theophilus of Corte | 29 June 1930 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Albertus Magnus | 16 December 1931 | Vatican City |
| Andrew Fournet | 4 June 1933 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Bernadette Soubirous | 8 December 1933 | Rome, Italy |
| Joan Antidea Thouret | 14 January 1934 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Maria Micaela Desmaisieres | 4 March 1934 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Louise de Marillac | 11 March 1934 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo | 19 March 1934 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Pompilio Maria Pirrotti | 19 March 1934 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart | 19 March 1934 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| John Bosco | 1 April 1934 | Rome, Italy |
| Conrad of Parzham | 20 May 1934 | Rome, Italy |
| John Fisher | 19 May 1935 | Vatican City |
| Thomas More | 19 May 1935 | Vatican City |
| Hemma of Gurk | 5 January 1938 | Rome, Italy |
| Andrew Bobola | 17 April 1938 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Giovanni Leonardi | 17 April 1938 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Salvador of Horta | 17 April 1938 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |

## Canonized by Pope Pius XII

The following are saints canonized by Pope Pius XII from 1939 to 1958:
| Saint | Date of Canonization | Place of Canonization |
| Mary Euphrasia Pelletier | 2 May 1940 | St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Gemma Galgani | 2 May 1940 | St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Margaret of Hungary | 19 November 1943 | Vatican City |
| Frances Xavier Cabrini | 7 July 1946 | St. Peter's Square, Vatican City |
| Nicholas of Flüe | 15 May 1947 | Vatican City |
| Bernardino Realino | 22 June 1947 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| John de Brito | 22 June 1947 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Joseph Cafasso | 22 June 1947 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages | 6 July 1947 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Michael Garicoits | 6 July 1947 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Louis de Montfort | 20 July 1947 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Catherine Labouré | 27 July 1947 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Jeanne de Lestonnac | 15 May 1949 | Rome, Italy |
| Maria Giuseppa Rossello | 12 June 1949 | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City |
| Emilie de Rodat | 23 April 1950 | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City |
| Antonio Maria Claret | 7 May 1950 | Rome, Italy |
| Bartolomea Capitanio | 18 May 1950 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Vincenza Gerosa | 18 May 1950 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Joan of France, Duchess of Berry | 28 May 1950 | Vatican City |
| Vincent Strambi | 11 June 1950 | Rome, Italy |
| Maria Goretti | 24 June 1950 | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City |
| Mariana de Jesús de Paredes | 9 July 1950 | Rome, Italy |
| Emily de Vialar | 24 June 1951 | St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Maria Domenica Mazzarello | 24 June 1951 | St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Antonio Maria Gianelli | 21 October 1951 | Rome, Italy |
| Francis Bianchi | 21 October 1951 | Rome, Italy |
| Ignatius of Laconi | 21 October 1951 | Rome, Italy |
| Pope Pius X | 29 May 1954 | Rome, Italy |
| Dominic Savio | 12 June 1954 | Rome, Italy |
| Gaspar del Bufalo | 12 June 1954 | Rome, Italy |
| Joseph Pignatelli | 12 June 1954 | Rome, Italy |
| Maria Crocifissa di Rosa | 12 June 1954 | Rome, Italy |
| Peter Chanel | 12 June 1954 | Rome, Italy |
| Hermann Joseph | 11 August 1958 | Rome, Italy |

## Canonized by Pope John XXIII

The following are saints canonized by Pope John XXIII from 1958 to 1963:
| Saint | Date of Canonization | Place of Canonization |
| Charles of Sezze | 12 April 1959 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Joaquina Vedruna de Mas | 12 April 1959 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Gregorio Barbarigo | 26 May 1960 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Juan de Ribera | 12 June 1960 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Maria Bertilla Boscardin | 11 May 1961 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Martin de Porres | 6 May 1962 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Antonio Maria Pucci | 9 December 1962 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Francis Mary of Camporosso | 9 December 1962 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Peter Julian Eymard | 9 December 1962 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Vincent Pallotti | 20 January 1963 | St. Peter's Basilica |

## Canonized by Pope Paul VI

The following are saints canonized by Pope Paul VI from 1963 to 1978:
| Saint | Date of Canonization | Place of Canonization |
| Charles Lwanga & 21 Companions | 18 October 1964 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Adelaide of Vilich | 27 January 1966 | Rome, Italy |
| Benildus Romançon | 29 October 1967 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Julie Billiart | 22 June 1969 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Berthold of Garsten | 8 January 1970 | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City |
| Maria Soledad | 25 January 1970 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Leonardo Murialdo | 3 May 1970 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Thérèse Couderc | 10 May 1970 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| John of Ávila | 31 May 1970 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Nikola Tavelić & 3 companions | 21 June 1970 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Cuthbert Mayne & 39 companions | 25 October 1970 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Teresa of Jesus | 27 January 1974 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| John Baptist of the Conception | 25 May 1975 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña | 25 May 1975 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Elizabeth Ann Seton | 14 September 1975 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| John Macias | 28 September 1975 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Oliver Plunkett | 12 October 1975 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Justin de Jacobis | 26 October 1975 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Dorothea of Montau | 9 January 1976 | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City |
| Beatrice of Silva | 3 October 1976 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| John Ogilvie | 17 October 1976 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Rafaela Porras Ayllón | 23 January 1977 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| John Neumann | 19 June 1977 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Charbel Makhluf | 9 October 1977 | St. Peter's Basilica |

## Canonized by Pope John Paul II

The following are saints canonized by Pope John Paul II from 1978 to 2001:
| Saint | Date of Canonization | Place of Canonization |
| Crispin of Viterbo | 20 June 1982 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Maximilian Kolbe | 10 October 1982 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Marguerite Bourgeoys | 31 October 1982 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Jeanne Delanoue | 31 October 1982 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Leopold Mandić | 16 October 1983 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Paula Frassinetti | 11 March 1984 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Andrew Kim Taegon & 103 Korean Martyrs | 6 May 1984 | Seoul, Korea |
| Miguel Febres Cordero | 21 October 1984 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Francis Anthony Fasani | 13 April 1986 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Joseph Tomasi | 12 October 1986 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Lorenzo Ruiz & 15 companions | 18 October 1987 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Dominic Ibáñez de Erquicia | 18 October 1987 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga & 13 Companions | 18 October 1987 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Giuseppe Moscati | 25 October 1987 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Roque González de Santa Cruz | 16 May 1988 | Asunción |
| Alfonso Rodríguez Olmedo | 16 May 1988 | Asunción |
| Juan de Castillo | 16 May 1988 | Asunción |
| Eustochia Smeralda Calafato | 11 June 1988 | Messina |
| Andrew Dung-Lac | 19 June 1988 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Tommaso Thien | 19 June 1988 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Emanuele Phung (Emmanuel Le Van Phung) | 19 June 1988 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Girolamo Hermosilla (Jerome Hermosilla) | 19 June 1988 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Valentino Berrio Ochoa | 19 June 1988 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Teofano Venard & 111 companions | 19 June 1988 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Simón de Rojas | 3 July 1988 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Rose Philippine Duchesne | 3 July 1988 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Magdalene of Canossa | 2 October 1988 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Maria Rosa Molas y Vallvé | 11 December 1988 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Clelia Barbieri | 9 April 1989 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Gaspar Bertoni | 1 November 1989 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Richard Pampuri | 1 November 1989 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Agnes of Bohemia | 12 November 1989 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Albert Chmielowski | 12 November 1989 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Mutien-Marie Wiaux | 10 December 1989 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Marie-Marguerite d'Youville | 9 December 1990 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Raphael Kalinowski | 17 November 1991 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Claude de la Colombière | 31 May 1992 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz | 11 October 1992 | Santo Domingo |
| Claudine Thévenet | 21 March 1993 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes | 21 March 1993 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló | 16 June 1993 | Madrid |
| Meinhard | 8 September 1993 | Riga, Latvia |
| Jan Sarkander | 21 May 1995 | Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| Zdislava Berka | 21 May 1995 | Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| Marko Krizevcanin | 2 July 1995 | Košice, Slovak Republic |
| Stephen Pongracz | 2 July 1995 | Košice, Slovak Republic |
| Melchior Grodziecki | 2 July 1995 | Košice, Slovak Republic |
| Eugene de Mazenod | 3 December 1995 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Jean-Gabriel Perboyre | 2 June 1996 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph Francis Anthony Postillo | 2 June 1996 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Juan Grande Román | 2 June 1996 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Jadwiga of Poland | 8 June 1997 | Kraków, Poland |
| John of Dukla | 10 June 1997 | Krosno, Poland |
| Teresa Benedict of the Cross | 11 October 1998 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat | 18 April 1999 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| John Calabria | 18 April 1999 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Agostina Livia Pietrantoni | 18 April 1999 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Kinga | 16 June 1999 | Stary Sącz |
| Cirilo Bertrán and 8 Companions | 21 November 1999 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Innocencio of Mary Immaculate | 21 November 1999 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Benedict Menni | 21 November 1999 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Thomas of Cori | 21 November 1999 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Mary Faustina Kowalska | 30 April 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Cristóbal Magallanes Jara & 19 other companions | 21 May 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Román Adame Rosales | 21 May 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Rodrigo Aguilar Aleman | 21 May 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Julio Álvarez Mendoza | 21 May 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Luis Bátiz Sáinz | 21 May 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Agustín Caloca Cortés | 21 May 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| María Natividad Venegas de la Torre | 21 May 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| José Maria de Yermo y Parres | 21 May 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Augustine Chao and 119 companions | 1 October 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Katharine Drexel | 1 October 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| Josephine Bakhita | 1 October 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |
| María Josefa Sancho de Guerra | 1 October 2000 | St. Peter's Basilica |