List of Filipino Saints, Blesseds, and Servants of God

This page is a list of Filipino Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, and Servants of God recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. Majority of these men and women of religious life were born, died, or lived within the Philippine Country.

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Cebu.

The Roman Catholic faith has already existed since the country's earliest history. Indeed, Ferdinand Magellans' expedition of 1521 included Catholic priests and missionaries among the crew. In fact, some Catholic missionaries became one the explorers of the native land's while converting and persuading the Indios towards Christianism. Through because of the Spanish colonization that had began by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, they introduced Christianity as settling within Cebu. Now, Cebu is a well known Catholic Island.

Catholics continue to contribute to Filipino religious life up to the present day. Consequently, several these Filipino Catholics have been considered for sainthood over the past centuries. Most of these Catholic saints-to-be were from the 20th Century and so on. Few only of those, in the days of the Spanish era within the Philippines founded the way of sanctity.

The very first Filipino saint canonized was Lorenzo Ruiz, a married lay Dominican and member of the Rosarian Confraternity in dedication to Our Lady. Ruiz died as a martyr of faith, during the persecutions at the Nagasaki, Japan were the Kingdom organized an anti-clericalism. Lorenzo Ruiz was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Manila, and without any further a do, was canonized at St. Peter's Square, Vatican City along with his Companion Martyrs in 1987. And after 25 years later, the title of a saint was followed by another martyr, named Pedro Calungsod, whom was canonized on October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Saints

Blesseds

In Some sources, Diego Luis de San Vitores, a Jesuits Missionary is being included within the list of Filipino Saints. Through because of his long life living on the Philippines, and being accompanied by Pedro Calungsod in his mission at Guam. As well as that his cause for Canonization was petitioned by the Archdiocese of Manila next with Archdiocese of Agana.

Venerables

Servants of God

Mother Jeronima in her later years


In order of Sanctity

This section is a list of men and women, proposed by each Dioceses and Archdioceses for the cause of sainthood. Some are already in the process within the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, waiting to receive the title as "Servant of God" and to continue the process.


The * signifies that their informations of their death and birth are incomplete.

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.

See also

References

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

Bibliography

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