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This page is a list of '''[[Saint#Roman Catholicism|saints]],''' [[beatification|blessed]]s, [[List of venerable people (Roman Catholic)|venerables]], and [[List of Servants of God|Servants of God]] '''from Oceania''', as recognized by the [[Roman Catholic (term)|Roman]] Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the states or territories of Oceania.

This page is a list of '''[[Saint#Catholicism|saints]],''' [[beatification|blessed]]s, [[List of venerable people (Roman Catholic)|venerables]], and [[List of Servants of God|Servants of God]] '''from Oceania''', as recognized by the [[Roman Catholic (term)|Roman]] Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the states or territories of [[Oceania]].


[[File:Mary MacKillop.jpg|thumb|250px|Mother Mary of the Cross ([[Mary MacKillop]]), the first saint from Australia.]]

[[File:Mary MacKillop.jpg|thumb|250px|Mother Mary of the Cross ([[Mary MacKillop]]), the first saint from Australia.]]


The region of Oceania was the last continent where the Catholic Church arrived. Consequently, it is the continent with the smallest number of saints.

The region of Oceania was the last continent where the Catholic Church arrived. Consequently, it is the continent with the fewest saints.


==Saints==

==List of saints==

* [[Peter Chanel|Pierre-Louis-Marie Chanel]] (1803–1841), Professed Pries of the Society of Mary, Marist Missionaries; Martyr (Ain, France – Alo, Wallis and Futuna)

**Declared "Venerable": November 25, 1888

**Beatified: November 17, 1889 by [[Pope Leo XIII]]

**Canonized: June 12, 1954 by [[Pope Pius XII]]

* [[Father Damien|Jozef De Veuster]] (Father Damien) (1840–1889), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers) (Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium – Molokai, Hawaii)

** Declared "Venerable": 7 July 1977

** Beatified: 4 June 1995 by [[Pope John Paul II]]

** Canonized: 11 October 2009 by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]

*[[Mary Helen Mackillop|Maria Ellen MacKillop]] (Mary of the Cross) (1842 - 1909), Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (New South Wales, Australia)

**Declared "Venerable": 13 June 1992

**Beatified: January 19, 1995 by [[Pope John Paul II]]

**Canonized: October 17, 2010 by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]

* [[Pedro Calungsod]] (ca. 1654–1672), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Cebu; Martyr (Cebu, Philippines – Tumon, Guam)

** Declared "Venerable": 27 January 2000

** Beatified: 5 March 2000 by [[Pope John Paul II]]

** Canonized: 21 October 2012 by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]

* [[Marianne Cope|Barbara Cope]] (Marianne) (1838–1918), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse (Bergstrasse, Germany – Hawaii, U.S.)

** Declared "Venerable": 19 April 2004

** Beatified: 14 May 2005 by Cardinal [[José Saraiva Martins]]

** Canonized: 21 October 2012 by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]


The following is the list of saints, including the year in which they were canonized and the country or countries with which they are associated.

==Blesseds==

* [[Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi]] (1826–1855), Priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions; Martyr (Lecco, Italy – Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea)

**Declared "Venerable": January 13, 1983

**Beatified: February 19, 1984 by [[Pope John Paul II]]

* [[Diego Luis de San Vitores]] (1627–1672), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Burgos, Spain – Tumon, Guam)

**Declared "Venerable": 9 November 1984

**Beatified: 6 October 1985 by [[Pope John Paul II]]

* [[Peter To Rot]] (ca. 1912–1945), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Rabaul; Martyr (East New Britain, Papua New Guinea)

**Declared "Venerable": April 2, 1993

**Beatified: January 17, 1995 by [[Pope John Paul II]]


* [[Peter Chanel]], Marist priest (1954, [[Wallis and Futuna]])

==Venerables==

* [[Father Damien]], priest of the [[Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary]] (2009, [[Hawaii]])

* [[Suzanne Aubert]] (Mary Joseph) (1835–1926), Founder of the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion (Loire, France – Wellington, New Zealand)<ref>[http://suzanneaubert.co.nz/suzanne-aubert-declared-venerable/ "Suzanne Aubert declared ‘venerable’", DoLC website] (retrieved 5 April 2018)</ref>

* [[Mary MacKillop]], founder of the [[Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart]] (2010, [[Australia]])

**Declared "Venerable": December 1, 2016

* [[Pedro Calungsod]], layman (2012, [[Guam]])

* [[Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu]] (1870–1953), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; Titular Archbishop of Claudipoli; Apostolic Vicar of Papua; Founder of the Handmaids of the Lord (Ille-et-Vilaine, France – Kairuku-Hiri, Papua New Guinea)

* [[Marianne Cope]], Franciscan sister (2012, Hawaii)

**Declared "Venerable": April 15, 2014


==ServantsofGod==

==Listofblesseds==

* Blaise Marmoiton (1812–1847), Professed Religious of the Society of Mary, Marist Missionaries; Martyr (Puy-de-Dôme, France – Province Nord, New Caledonia)

* [[Caroline Chisholm|Caroline Jones Chisholm]] (1808–1877), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Canberra-Gourlburn (England, United Kingdom - New South Wales, Australia)

* [[Adèle Euphrasie Barbier]] (Marie of the Heart of Jesus) (1829–1893), Founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions (Calvados, France – Wellington, New Zealand – Westbere, United Kingdom)

* Missionary Martyrs of Baining (East New Britain, Papua New Guinea):

** Matthäus Rascher (1868–1904), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Bamberg, Germany)

** Henri Rutten (1873–1904), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)

** Joseph Bley (Alois) (1865–1904), Professed Religious of the Trappists (Recklinghausen, Germany)

** Cornelis Schellekens (Johannes) (1873–1904), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)

** Eduard Plasschaert (Richard) (1871–1904), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)

** Katharina Utsch (Anna) (1878–1904), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Hiltrup (Altenkirchen, Germany)

** Anna Schmitt (Sophia) (1877–1904), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Hiltrup (Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Germany)

** Elisabeth Rath (Agatha) (1877–1904), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Hiltrup (Neu-Ulm, Germany)

** Wilhelmine Balka (Angela) (1875–1904), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Hiltrup (Ternopil, Ukraine)

** Katharina Holler (Agnes) (1881–1904), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Hiltrup (Regen, Germany)

* [[Eileen Rosaline O'Connor]] (1892–1921), Founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (Melbourne, Australia - New South Wales, Australia)

* [[Joseph Dutton]] (1843–1931), Layperson of the Diocese of Honolulu; Member of the Secular Franciscans (Vermont, USA – Hawaii, USA)

* Léon Lejeun (1876–1951), Professed Priest of the Society of Mary, Marist Missionaries (Neufchâteau, Belgium – Lomaiviti, Fiji)

* [[Mary Glowrey]] (Mary of the Sacred Heart) (1887–1957), Professed Religious of the Society of Jesus Mary Joseph (Victoria, Australia - Bayalu Seeme, India)

* [[Constance Helen Gladman]] (Mary Rosina) (1922–1964), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart; Martyr (Koroit, Australia - East New Britain, Papua New Guinea)


* [[Diego Luis de San Vitores]], Jesuit priest (Guam)

==Candidates for sainthood==

* [[Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi]], PIME priest ([[Papua New Guinea]])

* [[Peter To Rot]], layman (Papua New Guinea)


==List of venerables==

* [[Helio Koa'eloa]] (ca. 1815–1846), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Honolulu (Maui, Hawaii)

* [[Suzanne Aubert]], religious ([[New Zealand]])<ref>[http://suzanneaubert.co.nz/suzanne-aubert-declared-venerable/ "Suzanne Aubert declared ‘venerable’", DoLC website] (retrieved 5 April 2018)</ref>

* [[Julian Tenison-Woods]] (1832-1889), Priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney; Cofounder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (London, England - Sydney, Australia)

* [[Antoine Marie Garin]] (1810–1889), Professed Priest of the Society of Mary, Marist Missionaries (Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, France – Nelson, New Zealand)

* [[Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu]], bishop with the [[Sacred Heart Missionaries]] (Papua New Guinea)

* [[Mother Vincent Whitty|Ellen Whitty]] (Mary Vincent) (1819 - 1892), Professed Religious of the Religious Sisters of Mary (Wexford, Ireland - Queensland, Australia)

==Other open causes==

* [[Thomas and Mary Poynton|Thomas Poynton]] (1802-1892) and [[Thomas and Mary Poynton|Mary Kennedy Poynton]] (1812-1891), Married Laypersons from the Archdiocese of Wellington (Ireland-New Zealand)

Others have been proposed for beatification, and may have active groups supporting their causes. These include:

* [[Gulstan Ropert|Gulstan-Francois Ropert]] (1839–1903), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus); Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands; Titular Bishop of Panopolis (Brittany, France – Honolulu, Hawaii)

* Joseph Augustine Canali, (1841-1915), Priest of the Archdiocese of Brisbane (Rome, Italy - Queensland, Australia)<ref>[https://www.catholic.org.au/acbc-media/media-centre/media-releases-new/2209-faith-filled-australian-lives-remembered-during-ad-limina-visit/file "Faith-filled Australian lives celebrated during ''Ad Limina'' visit" ''Australian Catholic Bishops Conference'', 27 June 2019]</ref>

* [[Leopoldina Burns]]

* [[Heremia Te Wake]] (c. 1830–1918), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Auckland (Hokianga, New Zealand)

* [[Eileen Rosaline O'Connor|Eileen O'Connor]]

* [[Ambrose K. Hutchison|Ambrose Kanoealu'i Hutchison]] (ca. 1856–1932), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Honolulu (Maui, Hawaii)

* [[B. A. Santamaria]]<ref>{{cite web | last =Keane | first =Eamonn | date = | title =Lay Saint, B.A. Santamaria | work =AD2000 | url =http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2010/decjan2010p13_3430.html | accessdate =27 February 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150227055119/http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2010/decjan2010p13_3430.html | archive-date =27 February 2015 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

* [[Emmet McHardy]] (1904–1933), Professed Priest of the Society of Mary, Marist Missionaries (Taranaki – Wellington, New Zealand)

* Martyrs during World War II, including:

* [[Leopoldina Burns]] (Maria Leopoldina) (1855–1942), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse (New York, USA – Honolulu, Hawaii)

** [[Sister Teresia]], a sister from Papua New Guinea with the [[Marianist Family|Daughters of Mary Immaculate]] who died in 1946 as a result of torture by the Japanese occupiers.<ref name="Aerts">{{cite web | last =Aerts | first =Theo | date = | title =Papua New Guinea Martyrs | work =Melanesian Journal of Theology 9-1 (1993) | url =http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/mjt/09-1_44.pdf | accessdate = 27 February 2015 }}</ref>

* [[Francis Douglas (priest)|Francis Vernon Douglas]] (1910–1943), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Wellington, New Zealand - Laguna, Philippines)<ref>[https://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/2020/03/01/father-francis-vernon-douglas/ Father Francis Vernon Douglas ''Marist Messenger'', 1 March 2020]</ref><ref>[https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/the-far-east-magazine/archive/2019/the-far-east-jan/feb-2019/cause-for-canonisation Cause for canonisation ''St Columbans Mission Society'', 25 January 2019]</ref>

** [[Sister Cicilia]] and ten other native Marianist sisters who died in service during the Japanese occupation in air raids, POW camps, or otherwise.<ref name="Aerts"/>

* [[Aloysius Schmitt]] (1909–1944), Priest of the Archdiocese of Dubuque (Iowa, USA – Pearl Harbor, Hawaii)

** [[Magdalena Aiwaul]], a native from [[Tumleo Island]] who wished to join the [[Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit]] and was shot aboard the [[Japanese destroyer Akikaze]] after being arrested with the Sisters.<ref name="Aerts"/>

* Jesus Baza Dueñas (1911–1944), Priest of the Archdiocese of Agana; Martyr (Agana, Guam – Mangilao, Guam)

** Bishop [[Joseph Loerks]] (or Lörks), German Vicar Apostolic of Central [[New Guinea]] (now the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak]]), also shot aboard the [[Japanese destroyer Akikaze]].<ref name="Aerts"/>

* Timothy Edward McGrath (1881-1977), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; Founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (Victoria, Australia - New South Wales, Australia)

** Forty-six or more others, companions of the above, also shot aboard the [[Japanese destroyer Akikaze]].<ref name="Aerts"/>

* [[Irene McCormack]] (1938-1991), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart; Martyr (Western Australia, Australia - Junín, Peru)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/articles/features/2011/sister-irene-mccormack-australias-next-saint |title=Sister Irene McCormack: Australia’s next Saint? |publisher=St Columbans Mission Society |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214224126/https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/articles/features/2011/sister-irene-mccormack-australias-next-saint |archivedate=2018-12-14 |accessdate=2018-12-14 }}</ref>

** [[Charlie Mathies|Charlie]], [[Allan Mathies|Allan]] and [[Dora Mathies]]; [[Jimi Johnson]]; [[Elsie Kraemer]]; Paula; and two unnamed teenagers, laypeople working at the missions of Papua New Guinea killed aboard the [[Yorishime Maru]].<ref name="Aerts"/>

* [[B. A. Santamaria|Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria]] (1915-1998), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)<ref>{{cite web | last =Keane | first =Eamonn | date = | title =Lay Saint, B.A. Santamaria | work =AD2000 | url =http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2010/decjan2010p13_3430.html | accessdate =27 February 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150227055119/http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2010/decjan2010p13_3430.html | archive-date =27 February 2015 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

** [[Arthur C. Duhamel]], Marist, killed on [[Guadalcanal]].<ref name="Aerts"/>

* [[John and Evelyn Billings|John Billings]] (1918-2007) and [[John and Evelyn Billings|Evelyn Livingston Billings]] (1918-2010), Married Laypersons of the Archdiocese of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)

** [[James Gerard Hennessey]], killed aboard the [[SS Montevideo Maru|Montevideo Maru]].<ref name="Gold">{{cite web | last = | first = | date = | title =American Saints | url =https://americansaints.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/23-to-29-june-2013/ | accessdate = 27 February 2015 }}</ref>

* [[Rosemary Goldie]] (1916-2010), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Sydney (New South Wales, Australia)

** Marist brothers Augustine ([[Frederick Gerard Mannes]]), Donatus and Ervin, missing during the [[Japanese occupation of the Solomon Islands|occupation of the Solomon Islands]].<ref name="hagiography">{{cite web | last = | first = | date = | title =Papua New Guinea | work =Hagiography | url =http://newsaints.faithweb.com/new_martyrs/Papua_New_Guinea1.htm | accessdate = 27 February 2015 }}</ref>

* [[Patrick Dougherty (bishop)|Patrick Dougherty]] (1931-2010), Bishop of Bathurst (New South Wales, Australia)

** [[Francis Douglas (priest)|Vernon Francis Douglas]], a New Zealand [[Missionary Society of St. Columban|Columban priest]] killed by Japanese soldiers in 1943 in the [[Philippines]] having demonstrated outstanding priestly fidelity (especially to the [[Seal of the Confessional and the Catholic Church|Seal of Confession]]).<ref name="Laracy">{{cite encyclopedia | last =Laracy | first =Hugh | date =7 June 2013 | title =Douglas, Francis Vernon | encyclopedia =the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand | url =http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/5d23/douglas-francis-vernon | accessdate = 27 February 2015 }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 11:13, 11 September 2023

This page is a list of saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God from Oceania, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the states or territories of Oceania.

Mother Mary of the Cross (Mary MacKillop), the first saint from Australia.

The region of Oceania was the last continent where the Catholic Church arrived. Consequently, it is the continent with the fewest saints.

List of saints[edit]

The following is the list of saints, including the year in which they were canonized and the country or countries with which they are associated.

List of blesseds[edit]

List of venerables[edit]

Other open causes[edit]

Others have been proposed for beatification, and may have active groups supporting their causes. These include:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Suzanne Aubert declared ‘venerable’", DoLC website (retrieved 5 April 2018)
  • ^ Keane, Eamonn. "Lay Saint, B.A. Santamaria". AD2000. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  • ^ a b c d e f g Aerts, Theo. "Papua New Guinea Martyrs" (PDF). Melanesian Journal of Theology 9-1 (1993). Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  • ^ "American Saints". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  • ^ "Papua New Guinea". Hagiography. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  • ^ Laracy, Hugh (7 June 2013). "Douglas, Francis Vernon". the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

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