The history of the

Catholic Church in Canada The Catholic Church in Canada is part of the worldwide Catholic Church and has a decentralised structure, meaning each Diocese, diocesan bishop is autonomous but under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the Canadian Conference of Cathol ...

extends back to the arrival of the earliest European explorers. A French priest accompanied the explorer

Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier (; 31 December 14911 September 1557) was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first Europeans, European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, wh ...

, performing the first ever recorded Holy Mass on Canadian soil on July 7, 1534, on the shores of the

Gaspé Peninsula The Gaspé Peninsula, also known as Gaspesia (, ; ), is a peninsula along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River that extends from the Matapedia Valley in Quebec, Canada, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is separated from New Brunswick on it ...

. It was followed by conversion of the

First Nations First nations are indigenous settlers or bands. First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to: Indigenous groups *List of Indigenous peoples *First Nations in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Mé ...

into the fold of Catholicism. Soon after, more and more religious congregations set foot in Canada especially among French-speaking present-day Quebec. In this long history of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada, a number of deceased persons of the Church have had their life and work declared worthy of achieving one of the four stages of

canonization Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christianity, Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon ca ...

in the Catholic Church:

Servants of God Servant of God () is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint. Terminology The expression ''Servant of God'' appears nine times in the Bible, the first five in ...

;

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;

Beatification Beatification (from Latin , "blessed" and , "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name. ''Beati'' is the p ...

(Blessed); and, for some, full recognition as a

Saint In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the ...

''Fondateurs''

The list of Canadian Roman Catholic Saints (St.), Blesseds (Bl.) and Venerables (Ven.) includes six individuals called the ''Fondateurs'', or Founders. These people are particularly venerated for establishing the Church in Canada. Generally, these are: St.

Marguerite Bourgeoys Marguerite Bourgeoys, CND (; 17 April 162012 January 1700), was a French religious sister and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada. Born in Troyes, she became part of a ...

, St. Marguerite d'Youville, St.

François de Laval Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, commonly referred to as François de Laval (; 30 April 1623 – 6 May 1708), was a French Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of New France from 1658 to 1674 and as Bishop of Quebec from its creat ...

, St. Marie de l'Incarnation, Bl.

Catherine de Saint-Augustin Mary Catherine of St. Augustine, OSA () (3 May 1632 – 8 May 1668) was a French canoness regular who was instrumental in the development of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec in the colony of New France. She has been beatified by the Catholic Ch ...

and Ven.

Jeanne Mance Jeanne Mance (; November 12, 1606 – June 18, 1673) was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hos ...

. Sometimes, Ven. Jérôme Le Royer de la Dauversière is also included.

Saints

* Martyrs of North America: **

Jean de Brébeuf Jean de Brébeuf () (25 March 1593 16 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron for the rest of his life, except for a few years in France from 1629 to 1 ...

(1593–1649), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Manche, France – Ontario, Canada) **

Noël Chabanel Noël Chabanel (February 2, 1613 – December 8, 1649) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the Canadian Martyrs. Biography Chabenal was born February 2, 1613 in the village of Saugues, France, the youngest ...

(1613–1649), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Haute-Loire, France – Ontario, Canada) ** Antoine Daniel (1601–1648), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Seine-Maritime, France – Ontario, Canada) ** Charles Garnier (1605–1649), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Paris, France – Ontario, Canada) **

Isaac Jogues Isaac Jogues (10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646) was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Wyandot people, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake Geo ...

(1602–1646), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Orléanais, France – New York, United States) ** Gabriel Lallemant (Lalemant) (1610–1649), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Paris, France – Ontario, Canada) **

René Goupil René Goupil, (15 May 1608 – 29 September 1642), was a French Jesuit lay missionary (, "given" or "one who offers himself") who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North Ame ...

(1607–1642), Professed Religious of the Jesuits (Maine-et-Loire, France – New York, United States) **

Jean de Lalande Jean de Lalande, SJ (; died October 19, 1646) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons and one of the eight North American Martyrs. He was killed at the Mohawk village of Ossernenon after being captured by warriors. Life Jean ...

(1620–1646), Professed Religious of the Jesuits (Seine-Maritime, France – New York, United States) *** Beatified: June 21, 1925 by

Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI (; born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, ; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939) was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of the Vatican City State u ...

*** Canonized: June 29, 1930 by

Elizabeth Ann Seton Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821) was an American Catholic Church, Catholic religious and educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system. Born in New York and reared as an Episcopalian, she ...

(1774–1821), Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of Halifax (New York City, USA – Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA) ** Declared "Venerable": December 18, 1959 ** Beatified: March 17, 1963 by

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death on 3 June 1963. He is the most recent pope to take ...

** Canonized: September 14, 1975 by

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXII ...

(1620–1700), Founder of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame (Aube, France – Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": June 19, 1910 ** Beatified: November 12, 1950 by

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII (; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. He is the most recent p ...

** Canonized: October 31, 1982 by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

* Marie-Marguerite d'Youville née Dufrost de Lajemmerais (1701–1771), Widow; Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Montréal (Gray Sisters) (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": March 3, 1955 ** Beatified: May 3, 1959 by

** Canonized: December 9, 1990 by

* Alfred Bessette (André) (1845–1937), Professed Religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": June 12, 1978 ** Beatified: May 23, 1982 by

** Canonized: October 17, 2010 by

Pope Benedict XVI Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ...

Kateri Tekakwitha Kateri Tekakwitha ( in Mohawk), given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine ("Kateri" in Mohawk), and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), is a Mohawk/ Algonquin Catholic saint and virgin. Born in the Mohawk v ...

(c. 1656–1680), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Montréal (New York, United States – Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": January 3, 1943 ** Beatified: June 22, 1980 by

** Canonized: October 21, 2012 by

* Marie Guyart Martin (Marie of the Incarnation) (1599–1672), Widow; Professed Religious of the Ursuline Nuns (Indre-et-Loire, France – Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": July 19, 1911 ** Beatified: June 22, 1980 by

** Canonized (equipollent): April 3, 2014 by

Pope Francis Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...

François de Montmorency-Laval François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; ...

(1623–1708), Bishop of Québec (Eure-et-Loir, France – Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": February 28, 1960 ** Beatified: June 22, 1980 by

** Canonized: April 3, 2014 by

Marie-Léonie Paradis Marie-Léonie Paradis, PSSF (born Virginie-Alodie Paradis but raised as Élodie Paradis; 12 May 1840 – 3 May 1912) was a French-Canadian Catholic religious sister from Quebec who established the Little Sisters of the Holy Family in 1880, dedica ...

(Marie-Léonie) (1840–1912), Founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": January 31, 1981 ** Beatified: September 11, 1984 by

** Canonized: October 20, 2024 by

Blesseds

* André Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1758–1792), Priest of the Archdiocese of Sens (Québec, Canada – Paris, France) ** Declared "Venerable": October 1, 1926 ** Beatified: October 17, 1926 by

* Eulalie Durocher (Marie-Rose) (1811–1849), Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary ** Declared "Venerable": July 13, 1979 ** Beatified: May 23, 1982 by

* Louis-Zéphirin Moreau (1824–1901), Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe; Cofounder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": May 10, 1973 ** Beatified: May 10, 1987 by

Frédéric Janssoone Frédéric Janssoone, O.F.M., also known as Frédéric of Ghyvelde or Frédéric of Saint-Yves (19 November 1838 — 4 August 1916), was a French-born Franciscan friar and priest who worked in France, Egypt, Palestine and Quebec, where he died ...

(1838–1916), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Nord, France – Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": March 21, 1985 ** Beatified: September 25, 1988 by

* Marie-Catherine Simon de Longpré (Marie-Catherine of Saint Augustine) (1632–1668), Professed Religious of the Augustinian Sisters of Mercy of Jesus (Canadian Federation) (Manche, France – Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": June 9, 1984 ** Beatified: April 23, 1989 by

Dina Bélanger Dina Bélanger, RJM (30 April 1897 – 4 September 1929), also known as Marie of Saint Cecilia of Rome, was a Canadian member of the Religieuses de Jésus-Marie. Bélanger was a noted musician. She learned the piano in late childhood, and mor ...

(Marie of Saint Cecilia of Rome) (1897–1929), Professed Religious of the Religious of Jesus and Mary (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": May 13, 1989 ** Beatified: March 20, 1993 by

* Esther Blondin (Marie–Anne) (1809–1890), Founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": May 14, 1991 ** Beatified: April 29, 2001 by

* Vasyl Velychkovsky (1903–1973), Professed Religious of the Redemptorists; Eparch of the "clandestine" Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; Martyr (Ivano-Frankvisk, Ukraine – Manitoba, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": April 24, 2001 ** Beatified: June 27, 2001 by

* Mykyta Budka (1877–1949), Auxiliary Eparch of Lviv of the Ukrainians; Martyr (Ternopil, Ukraine – Karaganda, Kazakhstan) ** Declared "Venerable": April 24, 2001 ** Beatified: June 27, 2001 by

* Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin (1800–1851), Founder of the Sisters of Providence of Montréal (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": December 23, 1993 ** Beatified: October 7, 2001 by

Basil Moreau Basil Moreau, C.S.C. (February 11, 1799 – January 20, 1873) was the French priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross from which two additional congregations were founded, namely the Marianites of Holy Cross and the Sisters of t ...

(1799–1873), Founder of the

Sisters of Holy Cross The Sisters of Holy Cross, (''Soeurs de Sainte-Croix'') headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is an international Catholic congregation of religious sisters which traces its origins to the foundation of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1837 ...

(Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": April 12, 2003 ** Beatified: September 16, 2007 by

* Marie-Louise-Élisabeth de Lamoignon de Molé de Champlâtreux (1763–1825), widow; founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Louis of Vannes (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": January 16, 1986 ** Beatified: November 27, 2011 by Cardinal

Angelo Amato Angelo Amato, Salesians of Don Bosco, S.D.B. (8 June 1938 – 31 December 2024) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints between 2008 and 20 ...

* Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon (1840–1881), Founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": October 9, 2013 ** Beatified: April 26, 2015 by Cardinal

, S.D.B.

Venerables

Vital-Justin Grandin Vital-Justin Grandin (8 February 1829 – 3 June 1902) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop. He has been labelled as a key architect of the Canadian Indian residential school system by contemporary news sources, which has been considered an i ...

(1829–1902), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Bishop of Saint-Albert (Mayenne, France – Alberta, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": December 15, 1966 *

Alfred Pampalon Alfred Pampalon (24 November 1867 – 30 September 1896) was a Canadian Redemptorist priest known for having a deep faith in God and a deep love of Mary. He is the patron for people with addictions. Early life Alfred Pampalon was born 24 ...

(1867–1896), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": May 14, 1991 * Élisabeth Bergeron (Mère Saint-Joseph) (1851–1936), Cofounder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": January 12, 1996. * Délia Tétreault (Marie of the Holy Spirit) (1865–1941), Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": December 18, 1997 * Jérôme Le Royer de la Dauversière (1597–1659), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Le Mans; Cofounder of the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph (Sarthe – Charente-Maritime, France) ** Declared "Venerable": July 6, 2007 * Adolphe Châtillon (Théophanius-Léo) (1871–1929), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": April 2, 2011 * Marie-Josephte Fitzbach (Marie of the Sacred Heart) (1806–1885), Widow; Founder of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Good Shepherd Sisters (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": June 28, 2012 * Antoni Kowalczyk (1866–1947), Professed Religious of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Krotoszyn, Poland – Alberta, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": March 27, 2013 * Rosalie Cadron-Jetté (Mère of the Nativity) (1794–1864), Founder of the Misericordia Sisters (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": December 9, 2013 * Marie-Anne-Marcelle Mallet (1805–1871), Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Québec (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": January 27, 2014 * Joseph Staub (Marie-Clément) (1876–1936), Professed Priest of the Assumptionists; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joan of Arc (Haut-Rhin, France – Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": April 3, 2014 *

(prob. 1606–1673) Layperson of the Archdiocese of Montréal (Haute-Marne, France – Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": November 7, 2014 * William Gagnon (1905–1972), Professed Religious of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God ** Declared "Venerable": December 14, 2015 * Aurélie Caouette (Catherine-Aurélie of the Precious Blood) (1833–1905), Founder of the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood (Québec, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": December 1, 2016 *

Élisabeth Bruyère Élisabeth Bruyère (or ''Bruguier'') (March 19, 1818 – April 5, 1876) was the founder of the Sisters of Charity of Bytown and opened the first hospital there and the first bilingual school in Ontario. Biography She was born as ''Élisabeth ...

(1818–1876), Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa (Québec – Ontario, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": April 14, 2018 * Ovide Charlebois (1862–1933), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Apostolic Vicar of Keewatin; Titular Bishop of Berenice (Québec - Manitoba, Canada) ** Declared "Venerable": November 28, 2019

Servants of God

* Jeanne Le Ber (1662–1714), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Montréal (Québec, Canada) * Martyrs of French Revolution: ** Anne Le Prince veuve le Blanc (1721–1794), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Quimper-Léon (Nova Scotia, Canada – Finistère, France) ** Anastasie le Blanc (1760–1794), Layperson of the Diocese of Quimper-Léon (Nova Scotia, Canada – Finistère, France) * Michael Power (1804–1847), Bishop of Toronto (Nova Scotia – Ontario, Canada) * Stephen Eckert (Stephen of Dublin) (1869–1923), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Ontario, Canada – Wisconsin, United States) * Elzéar DeLamarre (1854–1925), Priest of the Diocese of Chicoutimi; Founder of the Antonian Sisters of Mary (Québec, Canada) * Vénérance Morin-Rouleau (Bernarda) (1832–1929), Founder of the Sisters of Providence of Chile ow part of the Sisters of Providence of Montréal(Québec, Canada – Santiago, Chile) * Léon Pratte (1864–1930), Priest of the Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec, Canada) (non-causa) * Gérard Raymond (1912–1932), Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Québec (Québec, Canada) * Louis Doumain (1920–1944), Priest of the Diocese of Viviers; Martyr (Alberta, Canada – Saalekreis, Germany) * Eugène Prévost (1860–1946), Priest and Founder of the Congregation of the Sacerdotal Fraternity and of the Oblate Sisters of Bethany (Québec – Maine-et-Loire, Canada) * Albert L'Heureux (Alphonse) (1894–1947), Professed Priest of the Trappists; Martyr (Québec, Canada – Hebei, China) * Louis Émond (1876–1949), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Québec (Québec, Canada) * Victor Lelièvre (1876–1956), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Ille-et-Vilaine, France – Québec, Canada) * Pierre Fallaize (1887–1964), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Auxiliary Bishop of MacKenzie (Calvados, France – Northwest Territories, Canada) * Georges-Philias Vanier (1888–1967), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Ottawa; Governor-General of Canada (Québec – Ottawa, Canada) * Gilberte Lapierre (Marie-Claire) (1895–1979), Professed Religious of the Poor Clare Nuns (Québec, Canada) (non-cause) * Dorian LaPlante (Flavian) (1907–1981), Professed Religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross (Québec, Canada – Chittagong, Bangladesh) * Catherine de Hueck Doherty (1896–1985), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Pembroke; Founder of the Madonna House Apostolate (Nizhegorodskaya oblast’, Russia – Ontario, Canada) * Pauline Archer–Vanier (1898–1991), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Ottawa (Québec, Canada – Oise, France) * Colette Lamontaigne Samson (1923–1991), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Québec (Québec, Canada) * Carmelina Tarantino (Carmelina of the Cross) (1937–1992), Professed Religious of the Passionist Sisters of Saint Paul of the Cross (Naples, Italy – Ontario, Canada) * Julienne Dallaire (Julienne du Rosaire) (1911–1995), Founder of the Dominican Missionary Adorers (Québec, Canada) * Emiliano Tardif �milien(1928–1999), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; Founder of the Community of the Servants of the Living Christ (Québec, Canada – Córdoba, Argentina)

Candidates for sainthood

Nicolas Viel Father Nicolas Viel, Recollects, O.M.R., (died 25 June 1625) was a French Recollect missionary to the Hurons from 1623 to 1625. Biography Among the first missionaries sent by France to its colony, Viel traveled to Huronia (region), Huron terri ...

(d. 1625), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Recollects) (Coutances, France – Québec, Canada) * Auhaitsique huntsic(d. 1625), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Québec (Québec, Canada) * Joseph Chiwatenhwa (1602-1640) and Marie Aonetta (d.1650?), Married Laypersons of the Archdiocese of Québec (Québec, Canada) * Barthélemy Vimont (1594-1667), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Lisieux, France - Québec, Canada) *

Marie-Madeleine de Chauvigny de la Peltrie Marie-Madeleine de Chauvigny de la Peltrie (1603 – 18 November 1671) was a French woman who started the Order of Ursulines of Quebec The Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City () was founded by a missionary group of Ursuline nuns in 1639 unde ...

(1603-1671), Professed Religious of the Ursulines of Québec (Alençon, France – Québec, Canada) *

Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot (; aka Joseph Marie Chaumonot) (March 9, 1611 – February 21, 1693) was a French priest and Jesuit missionary who learned and documented the language of the Wyandot people, also known as the Huron. A series of an ...

(1611-1693), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Châtillon-sur-Seine, France – Québec, Canada) * Claude Pelletier (Didace) (1657-1699), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Recollects) (Québec, Canada) *

Esther Wheelwright Esther Wheelwright (31 March 1696 – 28 November 1780), also known as Mère Marie-Joseph de l'Enfant-Jésus, was born in Wells, Massachusetts (present day Maine). Wheelwright was captured during an attack of her village during Queen Anne's War ...

(Maria Joseph of the Infant Jesus) (1696–1780), Professed Religious of the Ursulines of Québec (Maine, USA – Québec, Canada) * Frances Margaret Allen (1784–1819), Professed Religious of the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph (Vermont, USA – Québec, Canada) * Esther Pariseau (Marie-Joseph of the Sacred Heart) (1823–1902), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Providence of Montréal (Québec, Canada – Washington, USA) * Éléonore Potvin (Marie-Zita of Jesus) (1865-1903), Founder of the Servants of Jesus-Marie (Canada) * Jean-Baptiste Rouvière (1881–1913), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Martyr (Lozères, France – Northwest Territories, Canada) * Guillaume Le Roux (1885–1913), Professed Priests of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Martyr (Finistère, France – Northwest Territories, Canada) * Alexis-Louis Mangin (1856-1920), Priest of the Archdiocese of Ottawa; Founder of the Servants of Jesus-Marie (Canada) * Marie Bibeau (Marie-Anne de Jésus) (1865–1924), Founder of the Little Franciscans of Mary (Lower Canada, Canada – Massachusetts, USA) *

Marie Rose Ferron Marie Rose Ferron (24 May 1902 – 11 May 1936), often called the Little Rose, was a purported Canadian-American Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatist. Ferron was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2017. Life Ferron w ...

(1902-1936), Layperson of the Diocese of Providence (Canada-USA) * Emma Tétu (Marie-Domitille) (1887–1942), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (Québec, Canada) * Martyrs of Fengxian (Jiangsu, China): ** Alphonse Dubé (1890–1943), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Québec, Canada) ** Prosper Bernard (1902–1943), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Québec, Canada) ** Armand Lalonde (1904–1943), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Québec, Canada) * Rose Prince (1915-1949), Layperson of the Diocese of Prince George (Canada) * Léon Arcand (Didace) (1886–1952), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Québec, Canada – Shandong, China) * Henri Roy (1898-1965), Professes Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Founder of the Secular Institute "Pius X" (Maine, USA - Quebec, Canada) * James Arthur Mackinnon (1932–1965), Priest of the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society; Martyr (Nova Scotia, Canada – Monte Plata, Dominican Republic)People remember Cape Breton priest killed in Dominican Republic ''Cape Breton Post'', 2 October 2017
/ref> * Martyrs of Maseru, Lesotho: ** Almanzar Joseph Ménard (1906–1966), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Québec, Canada) ** Raynald Beauregard (1931–1976), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Québec, Canada) * Maurice Lefebvre Beaudry (1922–1971), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Martyr (Québec, Canada – La Paz, Bolivia) * Martyrs of Uganda: ** Jean-Paul Demers (1910–1971), Priest of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (Québec, Canada) ** Gérard Perrault (1915–1971), Priest of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (Québec, Canada) ** Wilfred Lépine (1923–1980), Priest of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (Québec, Canada) * Raoul Joseph Léger (1951–1981), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Moncton; Lay Missionary of the Québec Foreign Missionary Society; Martyr (New Brunswick, Canada – Guatemala City, Guatemala) * Douglas William Main (John) (1926–1982), Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Olivetan Congregation) (London, United Kingdom – Québec, Canada) * Claudia Murphy (Sybil) (1930-1996), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (Nova Scotia, Canada – Cape Coast, Ghana) * Mary Josephine Mulligan (1920–1996), Founder of the Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate (Québec, Canada) * Jean-Luc Hudon (Bernardin-Jean) (1936-1998), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers); Martyr (Québec, Canada – Sud-Est, Haiti) * Martin John Royackers (1959-2001), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Ontario, Canada – Saint Mary, Jamaica) * William Lloyd Ryan (1917–2003), Priest of the Diocese of Hamilton; Founder of the Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate (Ontario – Québec, Canada) * Richard Émile Joyal (1951-2013), Professed Priest of the Society of Mary (Marianists); Martyr (Manitoba, Canada – Port-au-Prince, Haiti) * Martyrs of Rwanda: ** François Cardinal (1942–1992),professed religious, Brothers of Christian Instruction (De La Mennais Brothers) (Québec, Canada) ** Claude Simard (1933–1994), professed priest, Congregation of Holy Cross (Québec, Canada) ** Guy Pinard (1945–1997), priest of the Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa (White Fathers) (Québec, Canada)

External links

* http://www.gcatholic.org/saints/canada-saints.htm * http://www.catholicdoors.com/misc/canada.htm

References

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{{Saints by country Catholic Church in Canada *

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

saints In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Anglican, Oriental Orth ...