Pope Benedict XVI beatified 870 people.[citation needed ] The names listed below are from the Vatican website and are listed by year, then date. The locations given are the locations of the beatification ceremonies, not necessarily the birthplaces or homelands of the beatified.
No. Name Date of Beatification Place of Beatification 1. Marianne Cope 1 May 14, 2005 Saint Peter's Basilica , Vatican City 2. Ascensión Nicol Goñi 3. Władysław Findysz June 19, 2005 Warsaw , Poland 4. Ignacy Kłopotowski 5. Bronisław Markiewicz 6. Clemens August Graf von Galen October 9, 2005 Saint Peter's Basilica , Vatican City 7. Ángela Ginard Martí October 29, 2005 8. Joseph Tàpies Sirvant & 6 Companions 9. Eurosia Fabris November 6, 2005 Vicenza , Italy 10. Charles de Foucauld 9 November 13, 2005 Saint Peter's Basilica , Vatican City 11. Maria Crocifissa Curcio 12. Maria Pia Mastena 13. Anacleto González Flores & 7 Companions November 20, 2005 Guadalajara , Jalisco , Mexico 14. José Trinidad Rangel Montaño & 2 Companions 15. José Sánchez del Río 7 16. Darío Acosta Zurita
No. Name Date of Beatification Place of Beatification 1. Teodora Fracasso March 18, 2006 Bari , Italy 2. Luigi Biraghi April 30, 2006 Milan , Italy 3. Luigi Monza 4. Thevarparampil Kunjachan Ramapuram , Kerala , India 5. Maria Teresa of St. Joseph May 13, 2006 Roermond , Limburg , Netherlands 6. Maria Grazia Tarallo May 14, 2006 Naples , Italy 7. Rita Lopes de Almeida May 28, 2006 Viseu , Portugal 8. Eustáquio van Lieshout June 15, 2006 Belo Horizonte , Brazil 9. Mosè Tovini September 17, 2006 Brescia , Italy 10. Sára Salkaházi Budapest , Hungary 11. Maria Scrilli October 8, 2006 Fiesole , Italy 12. María Pilar López de Maturana Ortiz de Zárate October 22, 2006 Bilbao , Spain 13. Paul Joseph Nardini Speyer , Germany 14. Mariano de la Mata November 5, 2006 São Paulo , Brazil 15. Euphrasia Eluvathingal 3 December 3, 2006 Kerala , India
No. Name Date of Beatification Place of Beatification 1. Luigi Boccardo April 14, 2007 Turin , Italy 2. Costanza Starace April 15, 2007 Naples , Italy 3. Francesco Spoto April 21, 2007 Palermo , Sicily , Italy 4. Bruna Pellesi April 29, 2007 Rimini , Italy 5. María del Carmen González-Ramos García-Prieto de Muñoz May 6, 2007 Málaga , Spain 6. Carlo Liviero May 27, 2007 Città di Castello , Italy 7. Basile Moreau September 15, 2007 Le Mans , France 8. Jeanne-Germaine Castang September 16, 2007 Bordeaux , Gironde , France 9. Stanislaus Papczyński 6 Licheń Stary , Poland 10. Maria Merkert September 30, 2007 Nysa , Poland 11. Albertina Berkenbrock October 20, 2007 Tubarão , Brazil 12. Manuel Gómez González October 21, 2007 Frederico Westphalen , Brazil 13. Adílio Daronch 14. Franz Jägerstätter October 26, 2007 Linz , Austria 15. Celine Borzecka October 27, 2007 Rome , Italy 16. 498 Spanish Martyrs October 28, 2007 Saint Peter's Square , Vatican City 17. Ceferino Namuncurá November 11, 2007 Chimpay , Río Negro , Argentina 18. Antonio Rosmini November 18, 2007 Novara , Italy 19. Lindalva Justo de Oliveira December 2, 2007 Salvador , Bahia , Brazil
No. Name Date of Beatification Place of Beatification 1. Giuseppina Nicoli February 3, 2008 Cagliari , Italy 2. Maria Anna Donati March 30, 2008 Florence , Italy 3. Candlemas of San José April 27, 2008 Caracas , Venezuela 4. Caterina Sordini May 3, 2008 Rome , Italy 5. Margaretha Flesch May 4, 2008 Trier , Germany 6. Marta Anna Wiecka May 24, 2008 Lviv , Ukraine 7. Giuseppina Catanea June 1, 2008 Naples , Italy 8. Khalīl al-Haddād June 22, 2008 Beirut , Lebanon 9. Hendrina Stenmanns June 29, 2008 Limburg , Netherlands 9. Luigia Poloni September 21, 2008 Verona , Italy 10. Michael Sopocko September 28, 2008 Białystok , Poland 11. Francesco Bonifacio October 4, 2008 Trieste , Italy 12. Francesco Pianzola Vigevano , Pavia , Italy 13. Louis Martin 5 October 19, 2008 Lisieux , France 14. Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin 5 15. Petrus Kibe Kasui & 187 Companions November 24, 2008 Nagasaki , Japan 16. José Olallo Valdés November 29, 2008 Camagüey , Cuba
No. Name Date of Beatification Place of Beatification 1. Raphaël Rafiringa June 7, 2009 Antananarivo , Madagascar 2. Émilie de Villeneuve 4 July 5, 2009 Castres , France 3. Joseph Kugler October 4, 2009 Regensburg , Germany 4. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás October 18, 2009 Toledo , Spain 5. Carlo Gnocchi October 25, 2009 Milan , Italy 6. Zoltán Meszlényi October 31, 2009 Budapest , Hungary 7. Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas 4 November 22, 2009 Nazareth , Israel
No. Name Date of Beatification Place of Beatification 1. Josep Samsó Elías January 23, 2010 Barcelona , Spain 2. Bernardo de Hoyos April 18, 2010 Valladolid , Spain 3. Angelo Paoli April 25, 2010 Rome , Italy 4. Josep Tous Soler Barcelona , Spain 5. Teresa Manganiello May 22, 2010 Benevento , Italy 6. Maria Pierina May 30, 2010 Rome , Italy 7. Jerzy Popiełuszko June 6, 2010 Warsaw , Poland 8. Manuel Lozano Garrido June 12, 2010 Linares , Jaén , Spain 9. Lojze Grozde June 13, 2010 Celje , Slovenia 10. Stephen Nehmé June 27, 2010 Kfifan , Lebanon 11. Leopold of Alpandeire September 12, 2010 Armilla , Spain 12. María de la Purísima Salvat Romero 5 September 18, 2010 Seville , Spain 13. John Henry Newman 8 September 19, 2010 Birmingham , England 14. Gerhard Hirschfelder Münster , Germany 15. Chiara Badano September 25, 2010 Rome , Italy 16. Anna Maria Adorni Botti October 3, 2010 Parma , Italy 17. Alfonsa Clerici October 23, 2010 Vercelli , Italy 18. Szilárd Bogdánffy October 30, 2010 Oradea , Romania 19. Barbara Maix November 6, 2010 Porto Alegre , Brazil
No. Name Date of Beatification Place of Beatification 1. Pope John Paul II 2 May 1, 2011 Saint Peter's Square , Vatican City 2. Giustino Russolillo 9 May 7, 2011 Naples , Italy 3. Georg Häfner May 15, 2011 Würzburg , Germany 4. Maria Clara of the Child Jesus May 21, 2011 Lisbon , Portugal 5. Irmã Dulce Pontes 8 May 22, 2011 Salvador , Bahia , Brazil 6. Clotilde Micheli May 28, 2011 Faicchio , Benevento , Italy 7. Juan de Palafox y Mendoza June 5, 2011 El Burgo de Osma , Soria , Spain 8. Alojs Andritzki June 13, 2011 Dresden , Germany 9. Marguerite Rutan June 19, 2011 Dax , Landes , France 10. Johannes Prassek June 25, 2011 Lübeck , Germany 11. Eduard Müller 12. Hermann Lange 13. Serafino Morazzone June 26, 2011 Milan , Italy 14. Enrichetta Alfieri 15. Clement Vismara 16. János Scheffler July 3, 2011 Satu Mare , Romania 17. Elena Aiello September 14, 2011 Cosenza , Italy 18. Francesco Paleari September 17, 2011 Turin , Italy 19. Maria Jula Ivanišević & 4 Companions September 24, 2011 Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina 20. Antonia Maria Verna October 2, 2011 Ivrea , Turin , Italy 21. Anna Maria Janer Anglarill October 8, 2011 Urgell , Lleida , Spain 22. María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray October 29, 2011 Madrid , Spain 23. Carl Lampert November 13, 2011 Dornbirn , Vorarlberg , Austria 24. Francisco Esteban Lacal & 21 Companions December 17, 2011 Madrid , Spain
No. Name Date of Beatification Place of Beatification 1. Hildegard Burjan January 29, 2012 Vienna , Austria 2. Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa April 21, 2012 Mexico City , Mexico 3. Giuseppe Toniolo April 29, 2012 Rome , Italy 4. Pierre-Adrien Toulorge Coutances , France 5. Marie-Louise-Élisabeth de Lamoignon de Molé de Champlâtreux May 27, 2012 Vannes , Morbihan , France 6. Alcide-Vital Lataste June 3, 2012 Besançon , France 7. Cecilia Eusepi June 17, 2012 Nepi , Viterbo , Italy 8. Mariano Arciero June 24, 2012 Terme , Italy 9. Louis Brisson September 22, 2012 Troyes , France 10. Gabriele Allegra September 29, 2012 Catania , Sicily , Italy 11. Bedřich Bachstein & 13 Companions October 13, 2012 Prague , Czech Republic 12. Gertrude Prosperi November 10, 2012 Perugia , Italy 13. María Angélica Pérez November 17, 2012 Buenos Aires , Argentina 14. Maria Troncatti November 24, 2012 Macas , Morona-Santiago , Ecuador 15. Devasahayam Pillai 9 December 2, 2012 Tamil Nadu , Nagercoil , India
^1 Later canonized on 21 October 2012. ^2 Later canonized on 27 April 2014. ^3 Later canonized on 23 November 2014. ^4 Later canonized on 17 May 2015. ^5 Later canonized on 18 October 2015. ^6 Later canonized on 5 June 2016. ^7 Later canonized on 16 October 2016. ^8 Later canonized on 13 October 2019. ^9 Later canonized on 15 May 2022. See also [ edit ]
Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022
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