List of Mexican Catholic saints

Mural representing the catechization of Mexico at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City

The Catholic Church recognizes some deceased Catholics as saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God. Some of these people were born, died, or lived their religious life in the present territory of Mexico. Because of missionaries who spent greater or lesser amounts of time in Mexico en route to other mission lands, exact numbers of Mexican saints vary. The Catholic Church has been present in what is now Mexico since the earliest years of the sixteenth century. As early as 1517, the expedition of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba brought Catholicism to the Yucatan, where the first diocese in continental North America would be erected in 1518. Mexico's first saint was canonized in 1862. Today, Mexico accounts for more saints and Blesseds than any other country in the Western Hemisphere.

Mexican saints

Individual causes

ImageName[1][2]BornDiedChurch Status
José María de Yermo y Parres10 November 1851Jalmolonga, State of Mexico, Mexico20 September 1904Puebla, Puebla, MexicoPriest of the Diocese of León; Founder of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Poor
María Natividad Venegas de la Torre(rel. name: María of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament) 8 September 1868Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, Mexico30 July 1959Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoFounder of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Guadalajara
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin1474Cuautitlán, Tenochtitlan, Aztec Empire1548 Tepeyac, Mexico City, New SpainMarried Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City, apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Rafael Guízar y Valencia16 April 1878Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán, Mexico6 June 1938Mexico City, MexicoBishop of Xalapa
Anastasia Guadalupe García Zavala(rel. name: María Guadalupe) 27 April 1878Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico24 June 1963Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoCofounder of the Handmaids of Saint Margaret Mary and of the Poor
José Sánchez del Río28 March 1913Sahuayo, Michoacán, Mexico10 February 1928Sahuayo, Michoacán, MexicoChild of the Diocese of Zamora; Martyr

Group martyrs

ImageName[1][2]BornDiedChurch Status
As the 26 Martyrs of Japan (1597)
Felipe de Jesús1572Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain5 February 1597Nagasaki, JapanProfessed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Alcantarines); Martyr
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": N/A
  • Beatified: 14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII
  • Canonized: 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX
Saints of the Cristero War (1915–1937)
Cristóbal Magallanes Jara30 July 1869San Rafael, Totatiche, Jalisco, Mexico25 May 1927Colotlán, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Román Adame Rosales27 February 1859Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico21 April 1927Yahualica, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán13 March 1875Sayula, Jalisco, Mexico28 October 1927Ejutla, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Julio Álvarez Mendoza20 December 1886Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico30 March 1927San Julián, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Luis Batis Sáinz13 September 1870Miguel Auza, Zacatecas, Mexico15 August 1926Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, MexicoPriest of the Diocese of Durango
Agustín Caloca Cortés5 May 1898La Presa, Zacatecas, Mexico25 May 1927Colotlán, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Mateo Correa Magallanes23 July 1866Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, Mexico6 February 1927Durango, Durango, MexicoPriest of the Diocese of Durango
Atilano Cruz Alvarado5 October 1901Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico1 July 1928Cuquío, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Miguel de la Mora de la Mora19 June 1874Tecalitlán, Jalisco, Mexico7 August 1927Cardona, Colima, MexicoPriest of the Diocese of Colima
Pedro Esqueda Ramírez29 April 1887San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico22 November 1927Teocaltitán, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Margarito Flores García22 February 1899Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico12 November 1927Tulimán, Guerrero, MexicoPriest of the Diocese of Chilpancingo
José Isabel Flores Varela28 November 1866Santa María de la Paz, Zacatecas, Mexico21 June 1927Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
David Galván Bermúdez29 January 1881Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico30 January 1915Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Salvador Lara Puente13 August 1905Súchil, Durango, Mexico15 August 1926Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, MexicoYoung Layperson of the Diocese of Durango
Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero15 June 1892Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico11 February 1937Chihuahua, Chihuahua, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua
Jesús Méndez Montoya10 June 1880Tarímbaro, Michoacán, Mexico5 February 1928Valtierrilla, Guanajuato, MexicoPriest of the Diocese of Morelia
Manuel Morales Cervantes8 February 1898Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico15 August 1926Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, MexicoMarried Layperson of the Diocese of Durango
Justino Orona Madrigal14 April 1877Atoyac, Jalisco, Mexico1 July 1928Cuquío, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Sabás Reyes Salazarc. 1516–17Tizatlán, Tlaxcala, Mexico13 April 1927Cuquío, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
José María Robles Hurtado3 December 1883Cocula, Jalisco, Mexico13 April 1927Tototlán, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
David Roldán Lara2 March 1902Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico15 August 1926Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, MexicoYoung Layperson of the Diocese of Durango
Toribio Romo González16 April 1900Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, Mexico25 February 1928Agua Caliente, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo19 September 1886Agualele, Jalisco, Mexico17 January 1927La Loma, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles8 July 1899Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico5 October 1928Tepatitlán, Jalisco, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
David Uribe Velasco29 December 1899Buenavista de Cuéllar, Guerrero, Mexico12 April 1927San José Vista Hermosa, Morelos, MexicoPriest of the Diocese of Chilpancingo
Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala (1527–1529)
Cristóbalc. 1514–15Atlihuetzia, Yauhquemecan, Mexico1527Atlihuetzia, Tlaxcala, MexicoChildren of the Diocese of Tlaxcala
Antonioc. 1516–17Tizatlán, Tlaxcala, Mexico1529Cuautinchán, Puebla, MexicoChildren of the Diocese of Tlaxcala
Juanc. 1516–17Tizatlán, Tlaxcala, Mexico1529Cuautinchán, Puebla, MexicoChildren of the Diocese of Tlaxcala

Mexican blesseds

Individual causes

ImageName[1][15]BornDiedChurch Status
Sebastián de Aparicio Prado20 January 1502A Gudiña, Ourense, Spain25 February 1600Puebla, Puebla, New SpainProfessed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": May 2, 1768
  • Beatified: May 17, 1789 by Pope Pius VI
Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez13 January 1891GuadalupeZacatecas, Mexico23 November 1927Puebla, Puebla, New SpainProfessed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": November 10, 1986
  • Beatified: September 25, 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo21 September 1882Yuriria, Guanajuato, Mexico10 March 1928Cañada de Caracheo, Guanajuato, MexicoProfessed Priest of the Augustinians; Martyr
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": December 17, 1996
  • Beatified: October 12, 1997 by Pope John Paul II
Vicenta Chávez Orozco (rel. name: María Vicenta of Saint Dorothy) 6 February 1867Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico30 July 1949Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoFounder of the Servants of the Holy Trinity and the Poor
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": December 21, 1991
  • Beatified: November 9, 1997 by Pope John Paul II
José Trinidad Rangél Montaño4 June 1887Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico25 April 1927Rancho de San Joaquín, Guanajuato, MexicoPriest of the Archdiocese of León; Martyr
Andrés Solá Molist7 October 1895Taradell, Barcelona, Spain25 April 1927Rancho de San Joaquín, Guanajuato, MexicoProfessed Priest of the Claretians; Martyr
Leonardo Pérez Larios28 November 1883Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico25 April 1927Rancho de San Joaquín, Guanajuato, MexicoLayperson of the Archdiocese of León; Martyr
Darío Acosta Zurita14 December 1908Naolinco, Veracruz, Mexico25 July 1931Veracruz, Veracruz, MexicoPriest of the Diocese of Veracruz; Martyr
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza24 June 1600Fitero, Navarre, Spain1 October 1659Osma, Soria, SpainBishop of Puebla de los Ángeles and Osma
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": January 17, 2009
  • Beatified: June 5, 2011 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa (rel. name: María Inés Teresa of the Blessed Sacrament) 7 July 1904Ixtlán del Río, Nayarit, Mexico22 July 1981Rome, ItalyFounder of the Poor Clare Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and the Missionaries of Christ for the Universal Church
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": April 3, 2009
  • Beatified: April 21, 2012 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
María Concepcíon Cabrera Arias de Armida8 December 1862San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico3 March 1937Mexico City, MexicoMarried Laywoman of the Archdiocese of Mexico; Founder of the Apostolate of the Cross and the Religious of the Cross of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Cofounder of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": December 20, 1999
  • Beatified: May 4, 2019 by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Moisés Lira Serafín16 September 1893Tlatempa, Puebla, Mexico25 June 1950Mexico City, MexicoProfessed Priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit; Founder of the Missionaries of Charity of Mary Immaculate
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": March 27, 2013
  • Beatified: September 14, 2024 by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro

Group martyrs

ImageName[1][15]BornDiedChurch Status
As the 205 Martyrs of Japan (1627-1632)
Bartolomé Díaz Laurel1599Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico16 August 1627Nagasaki, JapanProfessed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Martyr
Bartolomé Gutiérrez Rodríguez1580Mexico City, Mexico3 September 1632Nishizaka, Nagasaki, JapanProfessed Priest of the Augustinians; Martyr
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": February 26, 1866
  • Beatified: July 7, 1867 by Pope Pius IX
Martyrs of Cajonos (1700)
Juan Bautistac. 1660San Francisco Cajonos, Oaxaca, Mexico16 September 1700San Francisco Cajonos, Oaxaca, MexicoMarried Layperson of the Diocese of Antequera-Oaxaca; Martyr
Jacinto de los Ángelesc. 1660San Francisco Cajonos, Oaxaca, Mexico16 September 1700San Francisco Cajonos, Oaxaca, MexicoMarried Layperson of the Diocese of Antequera-Oaxaca; Martyr
  • Introduction of Cause: N/A
  • Declared "Venerable": July 7, 2001
  • Beatified: August 1, 2002 by Pope John Paul II
Martyrs of Guadalajara (1927-1928)
José Anacleto González Flores13 July 1888 Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico1 April 1927Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoMarried Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Martyr
José Dionisio Luis Padilla Gómez9 December 1899 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico1 April 1927Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoLayperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Martyr
Jorge Ramón Vargas González28 September 1899 Ahualulco, Jalisco, Mexico1 April 1927Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoLayperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Martyr
Ramón Vicente Vargas González22 January 1905 Ahualulco, Jalisco, Mexico1 April 1927Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoLayperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Martyr
José Luciano Ezequiel Huerta Gutiérrez6 January 1876 Magdalena, Jalisco, Mexico3 April 1927Mezquitán, Jalisco, MexicoMarried Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Martyr
Salvador Huerta Gutiérrez18 March 1880 Magdalena, Jalisco, Mexico3 April 1927Mezquitán, Jalisco, MexicoMarried Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Martyr
Miguel Gómez Loza11 August 1888 El Refugio, Jalisco, Mexico21 March 1928Atotonilco, Jalisco, MexicoMarried Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Martyr
Luis Magaña Servín24 August 1902 Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico9 February 1928Arandas, Jalisco, MexicoMarried Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Martyr
As the 498 Spanish Martyrs (1936)
Gabriel Escoto Ruiz (rel. name: José María) 18 August 1878Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico29 July 1963Clot dels Aubens, Cervera, Lleida, SpainNovice of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance; Martyr
Luciano Hernández Ramírez (rel. name: Reginaldo) 7 January 1909San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico13 August 19362Nishizaka, Madrid, SpainProfessed Priest of the Dominicans; Martyr

Mexican venerables

  • Antonio Margil Ros (Antonio of Jesus) (1657–1726), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Valencia, Spain – Mexico City, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 31 July 1836
  • Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos (1862–1912), Bishop of Tabasco (Michoacán de Ocampo – Tabasco, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 21 December 1989
  • José Ramón Ibarra González (1853–1917), Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Guerrero – Mexico City, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 9 April 1990
  • Dolores Medina Zepeda (María Dolores of the Wound on the Side of Christ) (1860–1925), Founder of the Daughters of the Passion of Jesus Christ and the Sorrows of Mary (Mexico City – Mexíco Distrito Federál, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 3 July 1998
  • Pablo de Anda Padilla (1830–1904), Priest of the Diocese of León; Founder of the Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Jalisco – Guanajuato, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 28 June 1999
  • María Luisa de la Peña Navarro de Rojas (María Luisa Josefa [Luisita] of the Most Blessed Sacrament) (1866–1937), Widow; Founder of the Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Guadalajara and the Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Los Angeles (Jalisco, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 1 July 2000
  • Benôit-Félix Rougier Olanier (1859–1938), Priest and Founder of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit; Founder of the Guadalupan Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit and the Oblate Sisters of Jesus the Priest; Cofounder of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit (Puy-de-Dôme, France – Mexico City, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 1 July 2000
  • Librada Orozco Santa Cruz (María Librada of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) (1834–1926), Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge (Jalisco, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 18 December 2000
  • Julia Navarrete Guerrero (Julia of the Thorns of the Sacred Heart) (1881–1974), Founder of the Missionary Daughters of the Most Pure Virgin Mary (Oaxaca – Estado de Mexíco, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 22 June 2004
  • Jean Prosper Fromental (Bernardo Felipe) (1895–1978), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers); Founder of the Guadalupan Sisters of De La Salle (Lozère, France – Mexico City, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 5 July 2013
  • Jesús María Echavarría Aguirre (1858–1954), Bishop of Saltillo; Founder of the Institute of Sisters Catechists of Guadalupe (Guadalupan Catechist Sisters) (Sinaloa – Coahuila, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 7 February 2014
  • Agustín Ramírez Barba (1881–1967), Priest of the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos; Founder of the Servants of the Lord of Mercy (Jalisco, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 16 July 2015
  • María de Jesús Guízar Barragán (María of the Merciful Love of Jesus) (1899–1973), Founder of the Guadalupan Handmaids of Christ the Priest (Michoacán – Estado de Mexíco, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 14 June 2016
  • José Bardomiano de Jesús Guzmán Figueroa (Pablo María) (1897–1967), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit; Founder of the Eucharistic Missionaries of the Most Holy Trinity (Guanajuato – Mexico City, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 14 June 2016
  • María Patricia Magdalena Pátlan Sánchez (Humilde of the Child Jesus) (1895–1970), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Guanajuato, Mexico – Veracruz, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 16 June 2017
  • Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645–1711), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Trent, Italy – Sonora, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 10 July 2020
  • Vasco de Quiroga (1470–1565), Bishop of Michoacán (Ávila, Spain – Michoacán, Mexico)
    • Declared "Venerable": 21 December 2020[22]

Mexican Servants of God

  • Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Bishop of Chiapas (Seville – Madrid, Spain)
  • Juan Bautista de Moya Valenzuela (1504–1567), Professed Priest of the Augustinians (Jaén, Spain – Michoacán, Mexico)
  • Juana Inés de Asbaje Ramírez de Santillana (Juana Inés of the Cross) (1648–1695), Professed Religious of the Hieronymite Nuns (Estado de México – Mexico City, Mexico)
  • Luis Felipe Neri de Alfaro Velásquez (1709–1776), Priest of the Oratorians (Mexico City – Guanajuato, Mexico)
  • Antonio Alcalde Barriga (1701–1792), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Bishop of Guadalajara (Valladolid, Spain – Jalisco, Mexico)
  • Cesárea Ruiz de Esparza Dávalos (1829–1884), Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Mexico (Josephite Sisters) (Aguascalientes, Mexico – Mexico City, Mexico)
  • José Antonio Plancarte Labastida (1840–1898), Priest of the Archdiocese of Mexico; Founder of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate of Guadalupe (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • José Anastasio Díaz López (1858–1905), Priest of the Diocese of Zacatecas; Founder of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Guadalupe (Aguascalientes, Mexico – Zacatecas, Mexico)
  • Miguel Cano Gutiérrez (1866–1924), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Founder of the Servants of the Holy Trinity and the Poor (Jalisco, Mexico)
  • Eugenio Oláez Anda (1860–1933), Priest of the Diocese of León; Founder of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Guanajuato, Mexico)
  • María de la Luz Elisa Berruecos Juvera (María Elisa Margarita of the Holy Spirit) (1874–1944), Founder of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Querétaro – Mexico City, Mexico)
  • María Eugenia González Lafón (María Eugenia of the Holy Trinity) (1876–1962), Founder of the Catechist Sisters of Mary Most Holy, Order of Saint Benedict (Chihuahua – Querétaro, Mexico)
  • Alfonso Pérez Larios (1886–1965), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (Jalisco – Mexico City, Mexico)
  • María Dolores Echevarría Esparza (1893–1966), Cofounder of the Missionaries of Jesus the Priest (Jalisco – Mexico City, Mexico)
  • Gloria Esperanza Elizondo García (Gloría Maria of Jesus) (1908–1966), Professed Religious of the Catechist Sisters of the Poor (Durango – Nueva León, Mexico)
  • María Regina Sánchez Muñoz (1895–1967), Founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Guadalupe (Guadalajara – Chihuahua, Mexico)
  • José Soledad de Jesús Torres Castañeda (1918–1967), Bishop of Ciudad Obregón; Martyr (Zacatecas – Durango, Mexico)
  • Roberto Cuellar García (1896–1970), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Durango – Jalisco, Mexico)
  • Antonio Hernández Gallegos (1912–1973), Bishop of Tabasco (Zacatecas – San Luis Potosí, Mexico)
  • Rebeca María de Uriarte Healy (María Auxilia of the Cross) (1891–1974), Founder of the Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Puebla – Mexico City, Mexico)
  • Martha Christlieb Ibarrola (1914–1975), Cofounder of the Sisters of the True Cross, Daughters of the Church (Mexico City – Veracruz, Mexico)
  • Juan Pablo Góngora Alvarado (1894–1986), Priest of the Archdiocese of Yucatán; Founder of the Missionary Daughters of the Holy Mother of Light (Yucatán, Mexico)
  • María Concepcíon Álvarez Icaza (María Angélica) (1887–1977), Professed Religious of the Visitation Nuns (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • Maura Degollado Guízar de Maciel (1895–1977), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Tlalnepantla (Michoacán de Ocampo – Mexico City, Mexico)
  • Juan María Navarrete Guerrero (1886–1982), Archbishop of Hermosillo (Oaxaca – Sonora, Mexico)
  • José Abraham Martínez Betancourt (1903–1982), Bishop of Tacámbaro; Founder of the Servants of the Immaculate Conception (Michoacán, Mexico)
  • Carlos Rosado Contraros (1926–1984), Priest of the Archdiocese of Yucatán (Yucatán, Mexico)
  • José Ochoa Gutierrez (1909–1984), Priest of the Diocese of Zamora; Founder of the Missionaries of the Holy Family and the Parochial Workers of the Holy Family (Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico)
  • Vincenzo Idà (1909–1984), Priest of the Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi; Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Catechism and the Missionaries of Evangelization (Vibo Valentia, Italy – Oaxaca, Mexico)
  • Ana María Gómez Campos (Ana María of the Holy Spirit) (1894–1985), Cofounder of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • María Cristina Olimpia Macotela Durán (Margarita María) (1933–1985), Professed Religious of the Capuchin Poor Clares of the Blessed Sacrament (Mexico City – Puebla, Mexico)
  • José del Pilar Quezada Valdés (1900–1985), Bishop of Acapulco (Jalisco, Mexico)
  • Virginia Padilla Jiménez (1901–1986), Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows, Reparatrices of Her Sorrows (Jalisco – Mexico City, Mexico) (non-cause)
  • Marina Francisca Cinta Sarrelangue de Balmori (1909–1988), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Coatzacoalcos (Veracruz – Mexico City, Mexico)
  • María del Carmen López Guzmán (María Yolanda of Our Lady of Guadalupe) (1942–1991), Professed Religious of the Servants of the Holy Trinity and the Poor (Jalisco, Mexico)
  • Federico de Aguinaga López (1904–1995), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico)
  • Saturnino García Lara (1903–1995), Priest of the Archdiocese of Morelia (Guanajuato – Michoacán, Mexico)
  • Basilio Rueda Guzmán (1924–1996), Professed Religious of the Marist Brothers of the Schools (Jalisco, Mexico)
  • Salvador Rivera García (Salvador of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) (1934–1997), Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelites (Guanajuato – Jalisco, Mexico)
  • Antonietta Böhm Schwanewilm (1907–2008), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) (Bottrop, Germany – Estado de Mexíco, Mexico)
  • Adalberto Almeida Merino (1916–2008), Archbishop of Chihuáhua (Chihuáhua, Mexico)
  • Ramón Sáinz Orozco (1882–1937), Married Layperson of the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos; Martyr
  • Martín Lawers González (1881–1933), Priest of the Diocese of Irapuato; Martyr

Group Martyrs

  • Martyrs of Tepehuanes (Durango, Mexico):
    • Fernando de Tobar (1581–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Sinaloa, Mexico)
    • Bernardo de Cisneros (1582–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Palencia, Spain)
    • Diego de Orozco (1588–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Cáceres, Spain)
    • Juan del Valle (1575–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Vizcaya, Spain)
    • Luis de Alavés (1589–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Oaxaca, Mexico)
    • Juan Fonte (1574–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Barcelona, Spain)
    • Jeronimo de Moranta (1574–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Islas Baleares, Spain)
    • Fernando de Santarén (1567–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Cuenca, Spain)
  • Martyrs of the Mexican Republic:
    • Inocencio López Velarde Morán (1860–1914), Priest of the Diocese of Zacatecas (Jalisco – Zacatecas, Mexico)
    • Pascual Vega Alvarado (1851–1914), Priest of the Diocese of Zacatecas (Zacatecas, Mexico)
    • Charles-Alphonse Astruc (Adrian María) (1860–1914), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Lozère, France – Zacatecas, Mexico)
    • Jean-François-Théophile Gilles (Adolfo Francisco) (1869–1914), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Lozère, France – Zacatecas, Mexico)
    • Mariano Bermúdez González (1888–1914), Professed Religious of the Claretians (Zacatecas, Mexico)
    • Miguel Pérez Rubio (1863–1914), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico)
    • Andrés Avelino Flores Quesney (1880–1915), Priest of the Diocese of Ciudad Obregon (Sonora, Mexico)
    • Crescenciano Aguilar Zúñiga (1877–1925), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco – Zacatecas, Mexico)
    • José García Farfán (1877–1926), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Puebla (Tlaxcala – Puebla, Mexico)
    • Joaquín de Silva Carrasco (1898–1926), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Guanajuato – Michoacán, Mexico)
    • Manuel Melgarejo Nápoles (1908–1926), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Mexico City – Michoacán, Mexico)
    • José Vargas Reyes (d. 1926), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Morelia (Michoacán, Mexico)
    • José Natividad Herrero Delgado (1911–1926), Child of the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos (Jalisco, Mexico)
    • Juan Manuel Bonilla Manzano (1904–1927), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Mexico City – Estado de México, Mexico)
    • Florentino Alvarez Medina (1890–1927), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of León (Guanajuato, Mexico)
    • Tomás de la Mora (1909–1927), Priest of the Diocese of Colima (Colima, Mexico)
    • Pablo García Fernández (1876–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico)
    • María del Carmen Robles Ibarra (1890–1928), Layperson of the Diocese of Zacatecas (Zacatecas – Jalisco, Mexico)
    • Antonio Méndez Padrón (1887–1928), Priest of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí (San Luis Potosí, Mexico)
    • Emilio Pérez Michel (1876–1928), Priest of the Diocese of Autlán (Jalisco, Mexico)
    • Salvador Gutiérrez de Mora (1904–1928), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Mexico City – Guerrero, Mexico)
    • José de Jesús Mora Salado (1886–1928), Priest of the Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán (Michoacán, Mexico)
    • Ramón Parada López (1896–1928), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico)
    • Zenaida Llerenas Torres (1913–1928), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Colima (Colima, Mexico)
    • David Maduro Vertiz (1885–1929), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Estado de México – Coahuila, Mexico)
    • Gabriel Ángel García Morales (1906–1930), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Tabasco (Tabasco – Chiapas, Mexico)
    • Francisco Marmolejo (1895–1931), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Aguascalientes (Jalisco, Mexico)
    • Adolfo Mota Pineda (1885–1932), Priest of the Diocese of Colima (Colima – Jalisco, Mexico)
    • Leonor Sánchez López (1918–1937), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Orizaba (Veracruz, Mexico)

Mexican candidates for sainthood

  • Martín de Valencia (1474–1534), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Valencia de Don Juan, Spain – Tlalmanalco, Mexico)
  • Juan de Zumárraga (1468–1548), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Bishop of Mexico City (Biscay, Spain – Mexico City, Mexico)
  • Gregorio López (1542–1596), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City; Hermit (Madrid, Spain – Mexico City, Mexico)
  • Pedro de Agurto (1544–1608), Professed Priest of the Augustinians; Bishop of Cebu (Mexico City, Mexico – Cebu, Philippines)
  • Diego Bazan (d. 1672), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City; Martyr (Mexico – Tumon, Guam)
  • Francisco Hermenegildo Tomás Garcés (1738–1781), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Zaragoza, Spain – Sonora, Mexico)
  • Luigi Corsini (1928–1963), Professed Priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus; Martyr (Brescia, Italy – Baja California Sur, Mexico)
  • Rodolfo Aguilar Álvarez (1948–1977), Priest of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua (Mexico City, Mexico – Chihuahua, Mexico)
  • Juan Morán Samaniego (1943–1979), Priest of the Diocese of Altacomulco; Martyr (Estado de México, Mexico)
  • María Concepción Zúñiga López (María Concepción of the Nativity and the Perpetual Help of Mary) (1914–1979), Founder of the Franciscan Minim Sisters of the Atonement of the Perpetual Help of Mary and the Franciscan Minim Friars of the Atonement of the Perpetual Help of Mary (Jalisco, Mexico – Jalisco, Mexico)
  • Luz Marina Valencia Triviño (1952–1987), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception (Cundinamarca, Colombia – Guerrero, Mexico)
  • Carlos Abascal (1949–2008), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Mexico City)
  • Juan Miguel Contreras García (1985–2018), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Martyr (Jalisco, Mexico)

See also

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