Sample of Saints, Bishops, & Other Notable Catholics Since Jesus Christ Founded the Catholic Church
For 2000 years, these and many other Christians believed, taught, and lived the teachings of the Catholic Faith. Jesus said regarding the Catholic Church: The gates of hell will not prevail against it (Mt.16:18 -KJV) and I am with you always, even unto the end of the world (Mt.28:20 -KJV) (NOTE: Dates below are dates of death.)
30 A.D. (circa) – St. John the Baptist, Prophet, Martyr
33 (ca.) – St. Stephen – Disciple – 1st Martyr after the crucifixion of Jesus
64 – First Holy Martyrs of Holy Roman Church, martyred by Nero
65 (ca.) – St. Peter – Apostle – 1st Pope, Martyr
67 – St. Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles, Martyr
1st century – Apostles, Martyrs: Sts. Andrew, Bartholomew, Jude, James -son of Zebedee, James -1st Bishop of Jerusalem, Matthew, Phillip, Simon, Thomas
1st cent. – Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus
1st cent. – St. John the Evangelist, Apostle
1st cent. – St. Mathias – Apostle, Martyr
1st cent. – St. Mary Magdalen – Disciple
1st cent. – St. Mary Clopas – Disciple
1st cent. – Sts. Luke & Mark – Evangelists
1st cent. – St. Barnabas – Disciple, Martyr
1st cent. – St. Timothy – Disciple, Bishop, Martyr
1st cent. – St. Titus – Bishop, Disciple
97 – St. Clement I – 4th Pope
107 – St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr, Father of the Church
125 – St. Sixtus I, 7th Pope
136 – St. Telesphorus, 8th Pope, Martyr
150 – St. Mark (a gentile), Bishop
155 – St. Polycarp, Bishop, Father of the Church
165 – St. Justin Martyr, Apologist, Fr of Church
175 – St. Thraseas, Bishop, Martyr
180 – Tatian, Apologist, Father of the Church
190 – St. Melito, Bishop, Father of the Church
202 (c) St. Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr
215 – St. Clement of Alexandria, Fr of Church
222 – St. Callistus I, Pope, Martyr
231 – St. Demetrius, Bishop
253 – St. Cornelius, Pope, Father of Church
258 – St. Cyprian, Bishop, Martyr, Fr of Church
258 – St. Denis of Paris, Bishop
268 – St. Dionysius, Pope
274 – St. Felix I, Pope
283 – St. Anatolius of Alexandria, Bishop
309 – St. Pamphilus, Father of the Church
311 – St. Methodius, Bishop, Father of the Church
316 – St. Blaise, Bishop, Martyr
350 – St. Nicholas, Bishop
368 – St. Hillary of Poitiers, Bishop, Dr. of Church
373 – St. Athanasius, Bishop, Dr of the Church
379 – St. Basil the Great, Bishop, Dr of Church
387 – St. Monica, Mother of St. Augustine
387 – St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Doctor of the Church
390 – St. Gregory Nazianzus, Bishop, Dr. of Church
397 – St. Martin of Tours, Bishop
397 – St. Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
407 – St. John Chrysostom, Bishop, Dr. of Church
410 – St. Maximian, Bishop
420 – St. Jerome, Priest, Dr of Church, Mystic
430 – St. Augustine, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
444 – St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Dr of Church
450 – St. Peter Chrysologus, Archbp, Dr of Church
461 – St. Patrick of Ireland, Bishop
461 – St. Leo I the Great, Pope, Dr of Church
480 – St. Apollinaris Isidonius, Bishop
505 – St. Eugenius of Carthage, Bishop
521 – St. Ennodius, Bishop
526 – St. John I, Bishop
530 – St. Agatumbus, Bishop
537 – St. Agapetus I, Pope
547 – St. Benedict, Fdr Benedictines, Fr of Church
564 – St. Tudwal Bishop
576 – St. Germain of Paris, Bishop
584 – St. Daniel, Bishop
596 – St. Marius of Avenches, Bishop
604 – St. Gregory I the Great, Pope, Dr. of Church
605 – St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
624 – St. Prothadius, Bishop
636 – St. Isidore of Seville, Abp., Dr. of Church
650 – St. Godo, Bishop
655 – St. Didier, Bishop
660 – St. Genesius, Bishop
662 – St. Maximus, Abbot, Father of Church
672 – St. Chad, Bishop
687 – St. Cuthbert, Bishop
696 – St. Chlodulf, Bishop
709 – St. Aldhelm, Bishop
717 – St. Egwin, Bishop
730 – St. Vitalis of Salzberg, Bishop
735 – St. Bede the Venerable, Dr of Church
739 – St. Willibrord, Bishop
749 – St. John Damascene, Doctor of Church
754 – St. Boniface, Bishop of Germany, Martyr
767 – St. Andrew of Crete, Bishop
770 – St. Ambrose of Cahors, Bishop
781 – St. Alcmund of Hexham, Bishop
806 – St. Tarasios, Bishop
807 – St. Simbert, Bishop
808 – St. Tanco of Verden, Bishop, Martyr
826 – St. Michael of Synnada, Bishop
838 – St. Frederick, Bishop
850 – St. Taurin, Bishop, Martyr
856 – St. Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop
869 – St. Cyril, Monk, Apostle to Slavs
884 – St. Methodius, Bishop, Apostle to Slavs
905 – St. Froilan of Leon, Bishop
910 – St. Adelbero, Bishop
917 – St. Radbod, Bishop
933 – St. Frithestan, Bishop
959 – St. Gerard of Brogne, Founded Monasteries
962 – St. Gauzlin, Bishop
973 – St. Ulrich of Augsburg, Bishop
988 – St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury
997 – St. Adalbert of Prague, Bishop, Martyr
1005 – St. Alfrick, Archbishop of Canterbury
1016 – St. Eadnoth the Younger, Bishop
1028 – St. Fulbert of Chartres, Bishop
1038 – St. Stephen of Hungary, founder of dioceses
1054 – St. Leo IX, Pope
1066 – St. Edward the Confessor, Bishop
1072 – St. Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor of Church
1079 – St. Stanislaus, Bishop, Martyr
1086 – St. Anselm of Lucca, Bishop
1093 – St. Margaret of Scotland, Built Many Catholic Churches
1099 – St. Osmund, Bishop
1101 – St. Bruno, Priest, Founded Carthusians
1109 – St. Anselm, Abp. of Canterbury, Dr of Church
1115 – St. Godfrey, Archbishop
1134 – St. Norbert, Archbishop
1148 – St. Malachy, Bishop
1153 – St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Fr & Dr of Church
1170 – St. Thomas Becket, Abp of Canterbury, Martyr
1179 – St. Hildegard of Bingen, Doctor of Church
1180 – St. Lawrence O’Toole, Archbishop
1193 – St. Thorlak, Bishop
1200 – St. Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop
1214 – St. Albert Avogadro, Bishop
1219 – St. Aldebrand, Bishop
1221 – St. Dominic, Founder of Dominicans
1226 – St. Francis of Assisi, Founder of Franciscans
1231 – St. Anthony of Padua, Priest, Doctor of the Church
1240 – St. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury
1253 – St. Clare, Founder of Poor Clares
1260 – St. Boniface of Lausanne, Bishop
1274 – St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church
1274 – St. Bonaventure, Cardinal, Doctor of Church
1280 – St. Albert the Great, Bishop, Dr. of Church
1297 – St. Louis of Toulouse, Bishop
1300 – Bl. Peter Pascual, Bishop
1303 – Bl. Rostang DeCapre, Bishop
1309 – Bl. Angela of Foligno, Mystic
1350 – Bl. Bertrand of Aquileia, Archbishop, Martyr
1359 – St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop
1366 – St. Peter Thomas, Bishop
1373 – St. Andrew Corsini, Bishop
1373 – St. Bridget of Sweden, Founded Bridgettines
1380 – St. Catherine of Siena, Doctor of Church
1409 – Bl. James Strepar, Bishop
1431 – St. Joan of Arc, Heroine of France, Mystic
1440 – St. Frances of Rome, Founded Vowed Oblates
1455 – St. Laurence Giustiniani, Bishop
1457 – St. Rita of Cascia, Mystic
1459 – St. Antoninus of Florence, Archbishop
1459 – St. Anthony Pierozzi, Bishop
1471 – Ven. Thomas a Kempis, Priest, Author of Imitation of Christ
1497 – Bl. Thaddeus McCarthy, Bishop
1535 – St. John Fisher, Cardinal, Martyr
1535 – St. Thomas More, Lord Chancellor, Martyr
1540 – St. Angela Merici, Foundress of Ursulines
1550 – St. John of God, Founded Brothers Hospitallers
1552 – St. Francis Xavier, Priest, associate of St. Ignatius
1555 – St. Thomas of Villanova, Archbishop
1556 – St. Ignatius of Loyola, Founded Jesuits
1569 – St. John of Avila, Doctor of the Church
1572 – St. Pius V, Pope
1582 – St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church
1584 – St. Charles Borromeo, Archbishop
1591 – St. John of the Cross, Co-Founded Discalced Carmelites, Dr. of Church
1592 – St. Alexander Sauli, Bishop
1597 – St. Peter Canisius, Doctor of the Church
1605 – St. Toribio DeMagrobejo, Bishop
1611 – Bl. John De Ribera, Bishop
1619 – St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Dr of Church
1621 – St. Robert Bellarmine, Cardinal
1622 – St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Dr of Church
1623 – St. Jsaphat of Russia, Bishop
1641 – St. Frances de Chantel, Co-founded Visitations
1660 – St. Vincent DePaul, Founded many charities
1680 – St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk Virgin
1681 – St. Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop
1690 – St. Margaret M. Alacoque, Mystic, Promoted Sacred Heart Devotions
1697 – St. Gregorio Barbarigo, Cardinal
1708 – Bl. Francois de Laval of Quebec, Bishop
1713 – St. Joseph Mary Tomasi, Cardinal
1716 – St. Louis de Montfort, Founder of Religious Orders
1747 – St. Peter Sanz, O.P., Bishop, Martyr in China
1755 – St. Gerard Majella, Religious Brother, Mystic
1775 – St. Paul of the Cross, Priest, Founded Passionists
1784 – Bl. Junipero Serra, Priest, Founded missions
1787 – St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop, Dr of the Church
1794 – Sts.-Martyrs of Compiegne – 21 Carmelite Nuns
1821 – St. Elizabeth Seton, Founder of Srs of Charity
1824 – St. Vincent Strambi, Bishop
1839 – St. Laurent Imbert, Bishop, Martyr
1841 – St. Peter Chanel, Martyr
1857 – St. Dominic Savio, Mystic
1859 – St. John Vianney of Ars, Mystic
1860 – St. John Neumann, Bishop
1870 – St. Anthony M. Claret, Bishop
1879 – St. Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes, Mystic
1879 – St. Jeanne Jugan, Founded Little Sisters of the Poor
1881 – St. Daniel Comboni, Bishop (Africa), Founded Comboni Missionaries
1888 – St. John Bosco, Priest, Founded Salesians
1889 – St. Damian of Molokai, Priest, Martyr for Lepers
1890 – Bl. John Henry Newman, Cardinal
1895 – St. Zygmunt Felinski, Abp. of Warsaw
1897 – St. Therese of Lisieux, Sister, Dr of Church, Mystic
1900 – St. Gregory M. Grassi, Bishop, Martyr
1902 – St. Maria Goretti, Martyr of Purity
1914 – St. Pius X, Pope
1931 – St. Guido Conforti, Abp, Founded Xaverians
1937 – St. Andre Bessette, Brother, Mystic
1938 – St. Faustina Kowalska, Promoted Divine Mercy, Mystic
1938 – St. Rafael G. Valencia, Bishop
1941 – St. Maxmilian Kolbe, Martyr of Charity
1941 – Bl. Leo Wetmanski, Bishop, Martyr
1955 – St. Katharine Drexel, Founded Blessed Sacrament Sisters
1968 – St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Priest with Stigmata, Mystic
1975 – St. Josemaria Escriva, Priest, Founded Opus Dei
1984 – Bl. Jerzy Popielszko, Priest, Martyr
1997 – St. Teresa of Calcutta, Founded Missionaries of Charity
2005 – St. John Paul II, Pope
…PLUS THOUSANDS MORE BISHOPS AND SAINTS SINCE JESUS FOUNDED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
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