Blessed Stanley Rother
Feast · September 23
The first US-born martyr to be beatified. An Oklahoma farmer's son who became a priest, went to Guatemala as a missionary, refused to flee when his name appeared on a death list, and was murdered in 1981.
Saints
American Saints
The canonized saints, blesseds, and holy witnesses of the United States.
The saints who shaped American Catholicism are ours in a particular way. They preached in our cities and on our frontiers. They built the schools, hospitals, and parishes that still serve American Catholics today. They suffered in ways that speak directly to American experiences of immigration, poverty, racial injustice, and the search for belonging in a new land.
This section goes beyond the basic saint profile. For each figure, you'll find a full biography, their American ministry, patronages explained, feast day devotions, where their relics rest, and where to go on pilgrimage.
Raised to the altars
Canonized Saints
| Saint | Feast Day | Known For |
|---|---|---|
| St. Kateri Tekakwitha | July 14 | First Native American saint; "Lily of the Mohawks" |
| St. Frances Xavier Cabrini | November 13 | First American citizen canonized; patron of immigrants |
| St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | January 4 | First US-born canonized saint; founder of parochial education |
| St. Katharine Drexel | March 3 | Heiress who gave her fortune to serve Native and Black Americans |
| St. John Neumann | January 5 | First US male saint; built the American Catholic school system |
| St. Damien of Molokai | May 10 | Priest who served leprosy patients in Hawaii; died of the disease |
| St. Marianne Cope | January 23 | Franciscan sister who continued Fr. Damien's work in Molokai |
| St. Junipero Serra | July 1 | Franciscan friar who founded the 21 California missions |
| St. Rose Philippine Duchesne | November 18 | French missionary to Native Americans in Missouri and Kansas |
| Sts. John de Brebeuf & North American Martyrs | October 19 | Jesuit priests and companions martyred in North America |
| St. Theodore Guerin | October 3 | French foundress of the Sisters of Providence in Indiana |
Approaching canonization
Blesseds — On the Path to Sainthood
Blessed Michael McGivney
Feast · August 13
A Connecticut priest who founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882 to support Catholic immigrant families. Beatified in 2020.
Blessed Solanus Casey
Feast · November 12
A Capuchin friar from Wisconsin who spent most of his ministry in Detroit. Known for his healing charism. Beatified in 2017.
Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodríguez
Feast · July 13
A Puerto Rican layman and the first person born in the Caribbean to be beatified.
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
Feast · October 5
A Redemptorist priest known for gentle pastoral care in New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and across America.
Causes underway
Venerables & Servants of God
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Archbishop, theologian, and television pioneer who reached millions through Life Is Worth Living in the 1950s. His beatification cause is active.
Venerable Augustus Tolton
Born into slavery in Missouri, escaped via the Underground Railroad, ordained in Rome in 1886 because no American seminary would accept him, and became the first openly African American Catholic priest in the United States.
Servant of God Dorothy Day
Journalist, convert, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. Cause for beatification open since 2000.
Servant of God Vincent Capodanno
A Maryknoll priest and Navy chaplain killed in Vietnam in 1967 while giving last rites to wounded Marines. Received the Medal of Honor posthumously.
Tracker
Cause Tracker
Active causes for beatification and canonization — updated as the Church makes announcements.
| Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Fulton J. Sheen | Venerable — beatification cause resumed |
| Augustus Tolton | Venerable — cause advancing |
| Dorothy Day | Servant of God — inquiry ongoing |
| Stanley Rother | Blessed — canonization requires a confirmed miracle |
| Michael McGivney | Blessed — canonization cause continuing |
| Solanus Casey | Blessed — canonization requires a confirmed miracle |
| Vincent Capodanno | Servant of God — positio being prepared |
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