This page is a list of South American saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the territories of South America with the exception of Brazil, which has its own page.
The Catholic Church entered South America in 1500 through Brazil and quickly expanded across the continent with the Spanish and Portuguese cultures. Today this area remains heavily Catholic.
The following is the list of saints, including the year in which they were canonized and the country or countries with which they are associated.
St. Louis Bertrand, Dominican priest (1671, Colombia)
St. Rose of Lima, lay Dominican (1671, Peru)
St. Turibius of Mongrovejo, secular Archbishop (1679, Peru)
St. Francis Solanus, Franciscan (1726, Peru)
St. Peter Claver, Jesuit priest (1888, Colombia)
St. Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, secular Franciscan (1950, Ecuador)
St. Martin de Porres, Dominican brother (1962, Peru)
St. John Macias, Dominican brother (1975, Peru)
St. Miguel Febres Cordero, De La Salle Brother (1984, Ecuador)
St. Roque González de Santa Cruz, Juan del Castillo, and Alfonso Rodríguez Olmedo Jesuits (1988, Paraguay and Peru)
St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, Augustinian Recollect (1992, Colombia)
St. Teresa of the Andes, Discalced Carmelite (1993, Chile)
St. Benito de Jesus (born Hector Valdivielso Saez), De La Salle Brother and Martyr in Spain (1999, Argentina)
St. Alberto Hurtado, Jesuit priest (2005, Chile)
St. Maria Bernarda Bütler, foundress, Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (2008, Colombia and Ecuador)
St. Narcisa de Jesús, layperson (2008, Ecuador and Peru)
St. Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, foundress, Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate and St. Catherine of Siena (2013, Colombia)
Bl. Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo, Dominican nun (Peru)
Bl. Artémides Zatti, Salesian (Argentina)
Bl. Arturo Ayala Nino, Hospitaller of Saint John of God and martyr in Spain (Colombia)
Bl. Candlemas of San José, foundress, Hermanas Carmelitas de Madre Candelaria (Venezuela)
Bl. Caritas Brader, foundress, Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate (Colombia and Ecuador)
Bl. Ceferino Namuncurá, child (Argentina)
Bl. Crescencia Pérez, religious, Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden (Argentina and Chile)
Bl. Encarnación Rosal, religious, Bethlemite Sisters, Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Colombia and Ecuador)
Bl. Estaban Maya Gutierrez, Hospitaller of Saint John of God and martyr in Spain (Colombia)
Bl. Eugenio Ramirez Salazar, Hospitaller of Saint John of God and martyr in Spain (Colombia)
Bl. Francesca Maria Rubatto, foundress, Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto (Uruguay)
Bl. Gaspar Paez Perdomo, Hospitaller of Saint John of God and martyr in Spain (Colombia)
Bl. Jesus Anibal Gomez y Gomez, Claretian and martyr in Spain (Colombia)
Bl. Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, secular priest (Argentina)
Bl. Juan Bautitsa Velazquez Perez, Hospitaller of Saint John of God and martyr in Spain (Colombia)
Bl. Laura Vicuña, child (Argentina and Chile)
Bl. Luigi Variara Salesian priest (Colombia)
Bl. Luis Tezza, Camillian priest (Peru)
Bb. Maria of Jesus, Consuelo Aguiar-Mella Diaz and Maria Dolores Aguiar-Mella Diaz, Escolapia sister and two laywomen, Martyrs in Spain (Uruguay)
Bl. María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, founderess, Daughters of the Divine Savior (Argentina)
Bl. María de San José Alvarado, Recollect nun (Venezuela)
Bl. Melquiades Ramirez Zuluoga, Hospitaller of Saint John of God and martyr in Spain (Colombia)
Bl. Mercedes de Jesús Molina, foundress, Marianitas Sisters (Ecuador)
Bl. María del Tránsito Cabanillas, foundress, Franciscan Tertiary Missionary Sisters (Argentina)
Bl. María Ludovica de Angelis, religious, Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy (Argentina)
Bl. Maria Troncatti, Salesian sister (Ecuador)
Bl. Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos, diocesan priest (Colombia)
Bl. Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa, foundress, Missionary Crusaders of the Church (Argentina and Bolivia)
Bl. Peter Donders, Redemptorist priest (Surinam)
Bl. Ruben de Jesus Lopez Aguilar, Hospitaller of Saint John of God and martyr in Spain (Colombia)
Ven. Vicente Albistur, Dominican priest (Bolivia)
Ven. Teresa of the Cross Alvarez-Calderon, foundress, Canonesses of the Cross (Peru)
Ven. Maria Benita Arias, foundress, Sisters Servants of Jesus in the Sacrament (Argentina)
Ven. Marcelina de San Jose Aveledo y Aveledo, foundress, Sisters of the Poor of Saint Peter Claver (Colombia and Venezuela)
Ven. Mariano Avellana Lasierra, Claretian priest (Chile)
Ven. Nicolás Ayllón, layman (Peru)
Ven. Peter Bardesio, lay Franciscan (Chile)
Ven. Virginia Blanco Tardio, laywoman (Bolivia)
Ven. Francisco Camacho, Hospitaller of Saint John of God (Peru)
Ven. Elilia de San Jose Chapellin, foundress, Little Sisters of the Poor of Maiquetía (Venezuela)
Ven. Dorotea de Chopitea, lay Salesian (Chile)
Ven. Maria Francisca of the Wounds Cornejo, founderess, Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculata (Ecuador)
Ven. Mamerto Esquiú, Franciscan friar (Argentina)
Ven. Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux, Capuchin Bishop (Chile)
Ven. Clemens Fuhl, Augustinian priest (Bolivia)
Ven. Maria Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament Guggiari, Discalced Carmelite (Paraguay)
Ven. José Gregorio Hernández, layman (Venezuela)
Ven. Julio Matovelle, secular priest and founder, Missionary Oblates of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Ecuador)
Ven. Leonor of Saint Aloysius Ortiz, religious of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity (Argentina)
Ven. Carmen Rendiles Martínez, foundress, Servants of Jesus of Caracas (Venezuela)
Ven. Camila Rolón, foundress, Poor Sisters of Saint Joseph of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ven. Isabel Tejada Cuartas, religious, Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate and Saint Catherine of Siena (Colombia)
Ven. Jose Leon Torres, Mercedarian priest (Argentina)
Ven. Pedro Urraca, Mercedarian priest (Peru and Ecuador)
Ven. Catalina of Mary de Zavalia, founderess, Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus (Argentina)
In addition, Habig refers to Paul Emilian Reynaud, a Franciscan priest martyred in 1862 in Bolivia, of whom he says the "title of 'Venerable' has, it seems, been bestowed on him popularly, not officially."
Servant of God Julio César Duarte Ortellado, secular priest (Argentina and Paraguay)
Servant of God Ysabel Lagrange, foundress, Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Venezuela)
Servant of God Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, Eudist Archbishop (Venezuela)
Servant of God Mariana de Jesus Torres, Conceptionist nun and visionary of Our Lady of Good Success (Ecuador)
Servant of God Maria Esperanza de Bianchini, Mystic and received the stigmata and Marian Appraritions (Venezuela)
Others have been proposed for beatification, and may have active groups supporting their causes. These include:
Gabriel García Moreno (Ecuador)
