List of post-Reformation Catholic saints in Ireland

Bl. Edmund Ignatius Rice, the first Irish-born Catholic to be beatified after the English Reformation.

The Catholic Church recognises certain deceased Catholics as saints, beati, venerabili, and servants of God. In the post-Reformation period, some such people were born, died, or lived in Ireland.

Saints

[edit]

Blesseds

[edit]
  • Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), Widower; Founder of the Irish Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers of Mary (Kilkenny – Waterford City, Ireland)
  • Joseph Marmion (Columba) (1858–1923), Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Annunciation Congregation) (Dublin, Ireland – Namur, Belgium)
  • John Sullivan (1861–1933), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Dublin, Ireland)
    • Declared "Venerable": 7 November 2014
    • Beatified: 13 May 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.

Venerables

[edit]
  • Ven. Matt Talbot
    Ven. Matt Talbot
  • Ven. Catherine McAuley
    Ven. Catherine McAuley
  • Ven. Edel Mary Quinn
    Ven. Edel Mary Quinn
  • Ven. Nano Nagle
    Ven. Nano Nagle
  • Ven. Mary Aieknhead
    Ven. Mary Aieknhead
  • Ven. Patrick Peyton
    Ven. Patrick Peyton
  • Matt Talbot (1856–1925), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Dublin; Member of the Secular Franciscans (Dublin, Ireland)
    • Declared "Venerable": 3 October 1975
  • Catherine McAuley (1778–1841), Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Dublin, Ireland)
    • Declared "Venerable": 9 April 1990
  • Edel Mary Quinn (1907–1944), Layperson of the Archdioceses of Nairobi and Dublin; Member of the Legion of Mary (Cork, Ireland – Nairobi, Kenya)
    • Declared "Venerable": 15 December 1994
  • Honora [Nano] Nagle (1718–1784), Founder of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Cork, Ireland)
    • Declared "Venerable": 31 October 2013
  • Mary Aikenhead (1787–1858), Founder of the Religious Sisters of Charity of Ireland (Cork – Dublin, Ireland)
    • Declared "Venerable": 18 March 2015
  • Patrick Peyton (1909–1992), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross (Mayo, Ireland – California, United)
    • Declared "Venerable": December 18, 2017

Servants of God

[edit]
  • Tomb of Fr. Andrew Mullen
    Tomb of Fr. Andrew Mullen
  • Mo. Margaret Mary Healy Murphy
    Mo. Margaret Mary Healy Murphy
  • Fr. Willie Doyle
    Fr. Willie Doyle
  • Fr. Edward J. Flanagan
    Fr. Edward J. Flanagan
  • Mo. Mary Kevin Kearney
    Mo. Mary Kevin Kearney
  • Alfie Lambe
    Alfie Lambe
  • Frank Duff
    Frank Duff
  • Andrew Mullen (1790–1818), Priest of the Diocese of Kildaire and Leighlin (Offaly – Kilkenny, Ireland)[1]
  • Alice O'Sullivan (Louise) (1836–1870), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Hebei, China)[2]
  • Patrick Ryan (1845–1878), Priest of the Diocese of Knoxville (Tipperary, Ireland – Tennessee, United States)[3][4]
  • Margaret Mary Healy Murphy (1833–1907), Widow; Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate (Cahersiveen, Ireland – Texas, United States)[5]
  • William [Willie] Doyle (1873–1917), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Dublin, Ireland – Zonnebeke, Belgium)[6]
  • Joseph Shanahan (1871–1943), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans); Bishop of Onitsha; Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Tipperary, Ireland – Nairobi, Kenya)[7]
  • Edward Joseph Flanagan (1886–1948), Priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha (Roscommon, Ireland – Nebraska, United States)[8][9][10]
  • Martyrs of North Korea
    • Anthony Collier (1913–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Louth, Ireland – Gangwon, South Korea)[11]
    • Patrick Reilly (1915–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Westmeath, Ireland – Gangwon, South Korea)[12]
    • Thomas Cusack (1910–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – Daejeon, South Korea)[13][14][15]
    • John O'Brien (1924–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Roscommon, Ireland – Daejeon, South Korea)[16]
    • Francis Canavan (1915–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Galway, Ireland – Chagang, North Korea)[17][18]
  • Teresa Kearney (Mary Kevin) (1875–1957), Founder of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis and the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa (Wicklow, Ireland – Massachusetts, United States)[19][20]
  • Alphonsus [Alfie] Lambe (1932–1959), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires; Member of the Legion of Mary (Offaly, Ireland – Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • Francis Michael [Frank] Duff (1889–1980), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Dublin; Founder of the Legion of Mary (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Declan O'Toole (1971–2002), Priest of the Mill Hill Missionaries; Martyr (Galway, Ireland – Kotido, Uganda)[21][22]
  • Colm O'Brien (1973–2009), Priest of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (Waterford City – Dublin, Ireland)[23][24]

Candidates for sainthood

[edit]
  • Bp. James Whelan
    Bp. James Whelan
  • Mo. Mary Vincent Whitty
    Mo. Mary Vincent Whitty
  • Bp. Patrick Manogue
    Bp. Patrick Manogue
  • Sis. Anthony O'Connell
    Sis. Anthony O'Connell
  • Ellen "Nellie" Organ
    Ellen "Nellie" Organ
  • Mo. Mary Gonzaga Barry
    Mo. Mary Gonzaga Barry
  • John Christopher Drumgoole (1816–1888), Priest of the Archdiocese of New York; Founder of the Sisters of Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin (Longford, Ireland – New York, United States)
  • Ellen Whitty (Mary Vincent) (1819 - 1892), Professed Religious of the Religious Sisters of Mary (Wexford, Ireland - Queensland, Australia)
  • Patrick Manogue (1831–1895), Bishop of Sacramentp (Kilkenny, Ireland – California, United States)[25]
  • Mary Ellen O'Connell (Anthony) (1814–1897), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati (Limerick, Ireland – Ohio, United States)
  • Geraldine Gibbons (Scholastica) (1817–1901), Founder of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan (Kinsale, Ireland – New South Wales, Australia)[26][27]
  • Ellen [Nellie] Organ (1903–1908), Child of the Diocese of Cork and Ross (Waterford – Cork, Ireland)
  • Mary Gonzaga Barry (1834–1915), Professed Religious of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sisters) (Wexford, Ireland – Victoria, Australia)
  • Catherine Mehegan (Mary Xavier) (1825–1915), Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth (Cork, Ireland – New Jersey, United States)
  • James Edwin Coyle (1873–1921), Priest of the Diocese of Birmingham; Martyr (Roscommon, Ireland – Alabama, United States)[28]
  • Patrick Heslin (1857–1921), Priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco; Martyr (Longford, Ireland – California, United States)[29]
  • Missionary Martyrs of China:
    • Timothy Leonard (1893–1929), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Limerick, Ireland – Jiangxi, China)[30]
    • Cornelius Tierney (1872–1931), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Monaghan, Ireland – Jiangxi, China)
  • Johanna Butler (Marie Joseph) (1860–1940), Professed Religious of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (Kilkenny, Ireland – New York, United States)[31]
  • Missionary Martyrs of Papua New Guinea:
    • Michael Murphy (1911–1942), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Cork, Ireland – New Ireland, Papua New Guinea)
    • William Culhane (1897–1943), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Cork, Ireland – East New Britain, Papua New Guinea)
  • Martyrs of the 1945 Battle of Manila, Philippines:[32]
    • John Heneghan (1882–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Mayo, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
    • Patrick Kelley (1891–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Offaly, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
    • Joseph Monoghan (1907–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Down, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
    • Peter Fallon (1895–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Galway, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
    • John Lalor (1897–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Cork, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
    • William Kelly (Egbert Xavier) (1894–1945), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Wicklow, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
    • John Corcoran (Flavius Leo) (1876–1945), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Kilkenny, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
  • Thomas Murphy (1906–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Kildare, Ireland – Mandalay, Myanmar)[33]
  • Thomas Flynn (1908–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – Pangasinan, Philippines)[34]
  • Elsie Quinlan (Mary Aidan) (1914–1952), Professed Religious of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena of King William's Town; Martyr (Cork, Ireland – Eastern Cape, South Africa)[35]
  • Hugh O'Flaherty (1898–1963), Priest of the Vicariate of Rome (Cork – Kerry, Ireland)
  • John Walsh (1921–1964), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Cork, Ireland – Kachin, Myanmar)[36]
  • Bridget Della Mary Gavin (Mary Ignatia) (1889–1966), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine (Mayo, Ireland – Ohio, United States)
  • Sarah Agnes Thackaberry (Cecilia) (1909–1969), Professed Religious of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Imo, Nigeria)[37]
  • Martin Dempsey (1934–1970), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Lanao del Sur, Philippines)[34]
  • John Conway (1935–1977), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Harare, Zimbabwe)[38]
  • Joan Sawyer (1932–1983), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Columban; Martyr (Antrim, Ireland – Lima, Peru)[39]
  • Martin Boyle (1942–1994), Priest of Saint Patrick's Missionary Society; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – near Nairobi, Kenya)[40]
  • Edward Kerrigan (Senan) (1937–1994), Professed Religious of the Irish Christian Brothers; Martyr (Wexford, Ireland – Tonkolili, Sierra Leone)[41]
  • Felim McAllister (1941–1994), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans); Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Kenema, Sierra Leone)[42][41]
  • Vincent Power (1931–1994), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Trelawny, Jamaica)[43]
  • Eileen Connell (Mary Petronilla) (1946–1995), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Ughelli North, Nigeria)[37]
  • Larry Timmons (Placidus) (1948–1997), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Mountbellew; Martyr (Westmeath, Ireland – Molo, Kenya)[40]
  • Sheila Corcoran (1925–2000), Professed Religious of the Dominican Sisters of Cabra; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Port Elizabeth, South Africa)[35]
  • Rufus Halley (1944–2001), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Waterford, Ireland – Lanao del Sur, Philippines)[34]
  • Declan Collins (1952–2002), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr (Louth, Ireland – Gauteng, South Africa)[35]
  • Michael Courtney (1945–2003), Titular Archbishop of Eanach Dúin; Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Bujumbura, Burundi)[44]
  • Mary Philomena Fogarty (Mary Coirle) (1935–2003), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Martyr (Cork, Ireland – Virginia, United States)[29]
  • John Francis Hannon (1939–2004), Priest of the Society of African Missions; Martyr (Limerick, Ireland – Ngong, Kenya)[40]
  • Jeremiah Roche (1941–2009), Priest of the Saint Patrick's Missionary Society; Martyr (Limerick, Ireland – Kericho, Kenya)[40]
  • Bernadette Conway (John Berchmans) (1929–2022), Professed Religious of the Religious of Jesus and Mary (Clare, Ireland – Karachi, Pakistan)[45]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Case for Daingean priest to be saint". The Irish Times. 4 May 2000.
  2. ^ "China – Claude Chevrier, Wu Vincentius, Marie-Thérèse Marquet and 9 Companions from the Vincentian Family of the Diocese of Tianjin". Hagiography Circle.
  3. ^ Kevin J. Jones (3 October 2020). "Sainthood inquiry continues for Tennessee priest who died in yellow fever epidemic". Catholic News Agency.
  4. ^ Kethy Schiffer (6 October 2020). "Canonization Cause for Father Patrick Ryan Moves Forward". National Catholic Register.
  5. ^ Jason Osborne (10 June 2021). "Cahersiveen cause for canonisation opened in Texas". The Irish Catholic.
  6. ^ Sarah MacDonald (1 November 2022). "Cause opens for canonisation of Fr Willie Doyle". The Tablet.
  7. ^ "Cause of Canonization of Bishop Joseph Shanahan, C.S.Sp". mshr.org.
  8. ^ Father Flanagan League
  9. ^ "Boys Town founder, Father Flanagan, advances on path to sainthood". America: The Jesuit Review. 24 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Father Flanagan sainthood process takes important step forward". 6 News on Yourside. 23 July 2019.
  11. ^ "KOREAN MARTYRS – Fr. Tony Collier". koreanmartyrs.com.
  12. ^ "KOREAN MARTYRS – Fr. Paddy Reilly". koreanmartyrs.com.
  13. ^ Susan Szalewski (11 November 2022). "Two missionaries, one a martyr who refused to leave his flock, are connected by name, vocation and family". The Catholic Voice.
  14. ^ "Irish priest murdered by Communist forces may be made a saint". Irish Mirror. 25 September 2013.
  15. ^ "KOREAN MARTYRS – Fr. Tommie Cusack". koreanmartyrs.com.
  16. ^ "KOREAN MARTYRS – Fr. Jack O'Brien". koreanmartyrs.com.
  17. ^ Dara Bradley (11 December 2013). "Beatification call for Galway-born missionary martyr". Connacht Tribune.
  18. ^ "KOREAN MARTYRS – Fr. Frank Canavan". koreanmartyrs.com.
  19. ^ "Cause of Beatification of Mother Kevin Kearney OSF (1875–1957)". Archdiocese of Armagh.
  20. ^ Matt Moran (28 November 2018). "Uganda: Irish Missionary Nun on the way to canonisation". Independent Catholic News.
  21. ^ "Uganda/Ireland: 20th Anniversary Of Violent Death Of Fr Declan O'Toole MHM". Mill Hill Missionaries. 21 March 2022.
  22. ^ Tom Gilmore (25 March 2015). "Sainthood calls for young headford priest". The Tuam Herald.
  23. ^ Susan Gately (3 December 2018). "Irish priest who died of cancer at 36 put on first step of path to sainthood". Independent.
  24. ^ Susan Gately (10 December 2018). "More than a hundred people consider cause for Tipperary priest". The Tablet.
  25. ^ "Gold rush miner turned Catholic bishop considered for beatification". Diocese of Sacramento.
  26. ^ "Our Story |The Sisters of The Good Samaritan". goodsams.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  27. ^ "Opening the Door to a Saint" (PDF). sosj.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  28. ^ "Remembering James Coyle: The Irish priest the Ku Klux Klan killed". Irish Central. 24 May 2023.
  29. ^ a b "Martyrs with Isolated Cases". Hagiography Circle.[better source needed]
  30. ^ Georgette Bechara (10 April 2019). "From Ireland to China and Martyrdom: The Legacy of Father Timothy Leonard". National Catholic Register.
  31. ^ Mother Marie Joseph Butler
  32. ^ "Victims of War – Philippines". Hagiography Circle.
  33. ^ "Victims of War – Myanmar". Hagiography Circle.
  34. ^ a b c "Missionary Martyrs in the Philippines". Hagiography Circle.
  35. ^ a b c "Missionary Martyrs in South Africa". Hagiography Circle.
  36. ^ "Martyrs of Totaliatarian States and Movements – Myanmar". Hagiography Circle.
  37. ^ a b "Missionary Martyrs in Nigeria". Hagiography Circle.
  38. ^ "Missionary Martyrs in Zimbabwe". Hagiography Circle.
  39. ^ "A Beatitude Woman, Sister Joan Sawyer, 30 Years On". columbansisters.org. 14 December 2013.
  40. ^ a b c d "Missionary Martyrs in Kenya". Hagiography Circle.
  41. ^ a b "Missionary Martyrs in Sierra Leone". Hagiography Circle.
  42. ^ "Fr. Felim McAllister: Irish Martyr of Sierra Leone". Mission Priest. 12 March 2021.
  43. ^ "Missionary Martyrs in Jamaica". Hagiography Circle.
  44. ^ "Missionary Martyrs in Burundi". Hagiography Circle.
  45. ^ Kamran Chaudhry (22 December 2022). "Irish nun who spent a lifetime teaching in Pakistan dies". Union of Catholic Asian News.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_post-Reformation_Catholic_saints_in_Ireland&oldid=1267806832"