List of South American saints

This page is a list of South American saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the territories of South America with the exception of Brazil, which has its own page.

Image of St. Rose of Lima, first American-born person to be canonized, in the church at Paniqui.

The Catholic Church entered South America in 1500 through Brazil and quickly expanded across the continent with the Spanish and Portuguese cultures. Today this area remains heavily Catholic.

List of saints

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

List of venerables
  • Ven. Francisco Camacho (1629–1698), Hospitaller of Saint John of God (Peru)
    • Declared Venerable: 1 January 1881
  • Ven. Pedro Urraca (1583–1657), Mercedarian priest (Peru and Ecuador)
    • Declared Venerable: 31 January 1981
  • Ven. Dorotea de Chopitea (1816–1891), lay Salesian (Chile)
    • Declared Venerable: 9 June 1983
  • Ven. José Gregorio Hernández (1864–1919), layman (Venezuela)
    • Declared Venerable: 16 January 1986
  • Ven. Mariano Avellana Lasierra (1844–1904), Claretian priest (Chile)
    • Declared Venerable: 23 October 1987
  • Ven. Vicente Albistur (1562–1619), Dominican priest (Bolivia)
    • Declared Venerable: 22 January 1991
  • Ven. Camila Rolón (1842–1913), foundress, Poor Sisters of Saint Joseph of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 2 April 1993
  • Ven. Emilia de San Jose Chapellin (1858–1893), foundress, Little Sisters of the Poor of Maiquetía (Venezuela)
    • Declared Venerable: 23 December 1993
  • Ven. Isabel Tejada Cuartas (1887–1925), religious, Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate and Saint Catherine of Siena (Colombia)
    • Declared Venerable: 26 March 1994
  • Ven. Jose Leon Torres (1849–1930), Mercedarian priest (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 26 March 1994
  • Ven. Julio Matovelle (1852–1929), secular priest and founder, Missionary Oblates of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Ecuador)
    • Declared Venerable: 26 March 1994
  • Ven. Mamerto Esquiú (1826–1883), Franciscan friar (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 16 December 2006
  • Ven. Teresa of the Cross Alvarez-Calderon (1875–1953), foundress, Canonesses of the Cross (Peru)
    • Declared Venerable: 3 April 2009
  • Ven. Marcelina de San Jose Aveledo y Aveledo (1874–1959), foundress, Sisters of the Poor of Saint Peter Claver (Colombia and Venezuela)
    • Declared Venerable: 20 December 2012
  • Ven. Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño (1874–1964), founderess, Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculata (Ecuador)
    • Declared Venerable: 20 December 2012
  • Ven. Clemens Fuhl (1874–1935), Augustinian priest (Bolivia)
    • Declared Venerable: 9 December 2013
  • Ven. Maria Benita Arias (1822–1894), foundress, Sisters Servants of Jesus in the Sacrament (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 27 January 2014
  • Ven. Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux (1908–1982), Capuchin Bishop (Chile)
    • Declared Venerable: 7 November 2014
  • Ven. Virginia Blanco Tardío (1916–1990), laywoman (Bolivia)
    • Declared Venerable: 22 January 2015
  • Ven. Jacinto Vera (1813–1881), Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)
    • Declared Venerable: 5 May 2015
  • Ven. Rafaél Manuel Almansa Riaño (1840–1927), priest (Colombia)
    • Declared Venerable: 9 May 2016
  • Ven. Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma (1902–1943), member of Opus Dei (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 21 December 2016
  • Ven. Octavio Ortiz Arrieta (1879–1958), Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)
    • Declared Venerable: 27 February 2017
  • Ven. Isora María del Tránsito Ocampo (1841–1900), religious of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity (Argentina)
    • Declared Venerable: 19 May 2018
  • Ven. Miguel Ángel Builes (1888–1971) , Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia)
    • Declared Venerable: 19 May 2018
  • Ven. Raffaella Veintemilla Villacís (1836–1918), foundress of the Congregation of the Augustinian Daughters of the Most Holy Saviour, (Ecuador)
    • Declared Venerable: 7 November 2018
  • Ven. Maria Berenice Duque Hencker (1898–1993), foundress of the Little Sisters of the Annunciation, (Colombia)
    • Declared Venerable: 12 February 2019
  • Ven. Nicolás Ayllón (1632–1677), layman (Peru)
    • Declared Venerable: N/A
  • Ven. Peter Bardesio, lay Franciscan (Chile)
    • Declared Venerable: N/A

In addition, Habig refers to Paul Emilian Reynaud, a Franciscan priest martyred in 1862 in Bolivia, of whom he says the "title of 'Venerable' has, it seems, been bestowed on him popularly, not officially."

List of Servants of God
  • Servant of God Julio César Duarte Ortellado (1906–1943), secular priest (Argentina and Paraguay)
  • Servant of God Ysabel Lagrange (1855–1933), foundress, Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Miguel Antonio Salas Salas (1915–2003), Eudist Archbishop (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Mariana de Jesus Torres (1563–1635), Conceptionist nun and visionary of Our Lady of Good Success (Ecuador)
  • Servant of God Maria Esperanza de Bianchini (1928–2004), Mystic and received the stigmata and Marian Appraritions (Venezuela)
  • Servant of God Joseph Walijewski (1924–2006), secular priest (Diocese of La Crosse, WI, USA) (Peru and Bolivia)

Other open causes

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

See also

References
  • Ewald, Daniel P. (2009). Saints and Blesseds of the Americas. Xlibris. ISBN 978-1-4363-6761-5.
  • Habig, Marion A. (1974). Saints of the Americas. Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 0-87973-880-4.
  • "Hagiography Circle"
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