Saints and Blesseds of Canada

Hey Friends,

I was recently asked about the number of Canadians that the Catholic Church has
proclaimed as Saints. Please find the list below. It is beautiful to take account of God's presence and man's response throughout the history of this great Nation.

"God Keep Our Land, Glorious and Free"

JR

Saints

The Catholic Church recognizes 10 Canadian saints. Eight of them - canonized by Pius XII in 1930 - were Jesuits whom the Church considered martyrs during the settlement of New France. The others - beatified as confessors - were recognized during the papacy of Pope John Paul.

1) St. Isaac Jogues
2) St. Antoine Daniel
3) St. Jean de Brébeuf
4) St. Gabriel Lalemant
5) St. Charles Garnier
6) St. Noël Chabanel
7) St. René Goupil
8) St. Jean de La Lande

The group of eight Jesuit martyrs died between 1642 and 1649. They were all missionaries to New France whose objective was to evangelize First Nations communities. All of them were executed at various times throughout a war between the Iroquois and Huron nations. Pius XI canonized them collectively as the North American martyrs in 1930.

9) St. Margeurite BourgeoysSt. Margeurite led the Congregation of Notre Dame for 26 years through the wilderness of New France to the settlement of what is now Montreal. She succeeded in convincing the bishop that her Congregation should remain an active teaching order – one of the first of its kind – rather than being joined to a cloistered order of Ursulines. Pope John Paul canonized her in 1982.

10) St. Marguerite d'YouvilleBorn at Varennes, Que., St. Marguerite married Francois D'Youville in 1722 and became a widow eight years later. After raising her three children, she founded the Grey Nuns and was appointed director of the General Hospital in Montreal. Since her death, the Grey Nuns have established schools, hospitals and orphanages throughout Canada, the U.S., Africa and South America. She was canonized by Pope John Paul in 1990.

The Canadian Blessed

1) Blessed André Grasset, Sulpician,
(Born in 1758, died in 1792).
Born in Montréal.
Martyred in Paris on September 2, 1792
during the French Revolution.
Beatified on October 17, 1926.
Feast celebrated on September 2.
Will be raised to sainthood in January, 2002.

2) Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, layperson,
(Born in 1656, died in 1680).
Beatified on June 22, 1980.
Feast celebrated on April 17.

3) Blessed Marie de l'Incarnation,
(Born in 1599, died in 1672).
Founder of the Urselines Sisters in Québec.
Beatified on June 22, 1980.
Feast celebrated on April 30.

4) Blessed François de Laval,
(Born in 1623, died in 1708).
First Bishop of Québec.
Beatified on June 22, 1980.
Feast celebrated on May 6.

5) Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher,
(Born in 1811, died in 1849).
Founder of the Sisters
of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.
Beatified on May 23, 1982.
Feast celebrated on October 6.

6)Blessed Brother André,
(Born in 1845, died in 1937).
(Also known as "Alfred Bessette")
Brother of the religious Order
of the Holy Cross.
Built the Saint-Joseph Oratory
of Mont-Royal at Montréal.
Beatified on May 23, 1982.
Feast celebrated on January 6.

7) Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis,
(Born in 1840, died in 1912).
Founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family.
Beatified on September 11, 1984 in Montréal.
Feast celebrated on May 4.

8) Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau,
(Born in 1824, died in 1901).
Fourth Bishop of Saint Hyacinthe.
Beatified on May 10, 1987.
Feast celebrated on May 24.

9) Blessed Frédéric Janssoone, Franciscan
(Born in 1838, died in 1916).
Beatified on September 25, 1988.
Feast celebrated on August 5.

10) Blessed Catherine de Saint-Augustin,
(Born in 1632, Died in 1668).
Founder of the "Hôtel-Dieu" of Québec.
Beatified on April 23, 1989.
Feast celebrated on May 8.

11) Blessed Dina Bélanger,
(Born in 1897, Died in 1929).
Sister of Jesus-Mary, Sillery.
Beatified on March 20, 1993.
Feast celebrated on September 4.

12) Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin,
(Born in 1809, Died in 1890).
Founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne.
Beatified on April 29, 2001.
Feast celebrated on April 18.

13) Blessed Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin,
(Born in 1800, Died in 1851).
Founder of the Sisters of Providence
Beatified on October 7, 2001
Feast celebrated on September 23.
The Canadian Venerable

Venerable and Cases Opened for Veneration

1) Venerable Vital Grandin,
Oblate of Mary Immaculate,
(Born in 1829, died in 1902).
Bishop of Saint Albert, Alberta.
Declared Venerable on December 15, 1966.

2) Venerable Alfred Pampalon, Redemptorist,
(Born in 1867, died in 1896).
Declared Venerable on May 14, 1991.

3) Venerable Élisabeth Bergeron,
(Born in 1851, died in 1936).
Founder of the Sisters of
Saint Joseph, Saint Hyacinthe.
Declared Venerable on January 12, 1996.

4) Venerable Délia Tétreault,
(Born in 1865, died in 1941).
Founder of the Missionary Sisters
of the Immaculate Conception.
Declared Venerable on December 18, 1997.
Causes Introduced To The VaticanFor Elevation To Sainthood

5) Jérôme Le Royer de la Dauversière, layperson,
(Born in 1597, died in 1659).
Founder of Montréal and
the welcoming religious of Saint Joseph.

6) Jeanne Mance, layperson,
(Born in 1606, died in 1673).
Co-founded Montréal and
founder of the "Hôtel-Dieu" of Québec.

7) Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot, Jesuit,
(Born in 1611, died in 1693).
Companion of the Canadian Martyrs.

8) idace Pelletier, religious brother,
(Born in 1657, died in 1699).
Carpenter and Church builder.

9) Jeanne LeBer, layperson in seclusion,
(Born in 1662, died in 1714).

10) Rosalie Cadron-Jetté,
(Born in 1794, died in 1864).
Founder of the Sisters of Mercy.

11) Marcelle Mallet,
(Born in 1805, died in 1871).
Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Québec.

12) Élisabeth Bruyère,
(Born in 1818, died in 1876).
Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa.

13) lisabeth Turgeon,
(Born in 1840, died in 1881).
Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Rosary, Rimouski.

14) Marie Fitzbach,
(Born in 1806, died in 1885).
Founder of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Québec.

15) Éléonore Potvin,
(Born in 1865, died in 1903).
Co-founded the Servants of Jesus-Mary, Hull,
with Father Alexis-Louis Mangin.

16) Catherine-Aurélie Caouette,
(Born in 1833, died in 1905).
Founder of the Sisters of Adoration
of the Precious Blood, Saint-Hyacinthe.

17) Alexis-Louis Mangin, priest,
(Born in 1856, died in 1920).
Co-founded the Servants of Jesus-Mary,
Hull with Éléonore Potvin.

18) Théophanius-Léo (Adolphe Chatillon),
Brother of the Christian Schools,
(Born in 1871, died in 1929).

19) Gérard Raymond,
(Born in 1912, died in 1932).
Student in the Little Seminary,
(Petit Séminaire) of Québec.

20) Ovide Charlebois,
Oblate of Mary Immaculate,
(Born in 1862, died in 1933).
Bishop of Keewatin, Manitoba.

21) Marie-Clément Staub, Assumptionist,
(Born in 1876, died in 1936).
Founder of the Sisters of
Saint Joan of Arc and of the Canadian Montmartre.

22) Eugène Prévost, priest,
(Born in 1860, died in 1946).
Founder of the Sacerdotal Fraternity
and of the Oblates of Bethany.

23) Antoine Kowalczyk,
brother of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate,
(Born in 1866, died in 1947).

24) Louis Émond, layperson,
(Born in 1876, died in 1949).
Co-founded the House of Jesus Carpenter
in Québec with Father Lelièvre of.

25) Victor Lelièvre,
Oblate of Mary Immaculate,
(Born in 1876, died in 1956).
Apostle of the Sacred Heart.

26) Catherine de Hueck Doherty,
(Born in 1896, died in 1985).
Founder of the Madonna House in Combermere, Ontario.

27) Pauline Archer-Vanier,
(Born in 1898, died in 1991).
"Mamie" of the Arch founded
by her son John (Jean) in Trosly-Breuil, France.

28) Georges Vanier,
(Born in 1888, died in 1967).
Governor-General of Canada from 1959 to 1967