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This page is a list of
saints ,
blesseds ,
venerables , and
Servants of God from Oceania , as recognized by the
Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the states or territories of
Oceania .
Mother Mary of the Cross (
Mary MacKillop ), the first saint from Australia.
The region of Oceania was the last continent where the Catholic Church arrived. Consequently, it is the continent with the fewest saints.
List of saints
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.
Peter Chanel , Marist priest (1954,
Wallis and Futuna )
Father Damien , priest of the
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (2009,
Hawaii )
Mary MacKillop , founder of the
Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (2010,
Australia )
Pedro Calungsod , layman (2012,
Guam )
Marianne Cope , Franciscan sister (2012, Hawaii)
List of blesseds
List of venerables
Other open causes
Others have been proposed for beatification, and may have active groups supporting their causes. These include:
Leopoldina Burns
Eileen O'Connor
B. A. Santamaria
[2]
Martyrs during World War II, including:
Sister Teresia , a sister from Papua New Guinea with the
Daughters of Mary Immaculate who died in 1946 as a result of torture by the Japanese occupiers.
[3]
Sister Cicilia and ten other native Marianist sisters who died in service during the Japanese occupation in air raids, POW camps, or otherwise.
[3]
Magdalena Aiwaul , a native from
Tumleo Island who wished to join the
Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit and was shot aboard the
Japanese destroyer Akikaze after being arrested with the Sisters.
[3]
Bishop
Joseph Loerks (or Lörks), German Vicar Apostolic of Central
New Guinea (now the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak ), also shot aboard the
Japanese destroyer Akikaze .
[3]
Forty-six or more others, companions of the above, also shot aboard the
Japanese destroyer Akikaze .
[3]
Charlie ,
Allan and
Dora Mathies ;
Jimi Johnson ;
Elsie Kraemer ; Paula; and two unnamed teenagers, laypeople working at the missions of Papua New Guinea killed aboard the
Yorishime Maru .
[3]
Arthur C. Duhamel , Marist, killed on
Guadalcanal .
[3]
James Gerard Hennessey , killed aboard the
Montevideo Maru .
[4]
Marist brothers Augustine (
Frederick Gerard Mannes ), Donatus and Ervin, missing during the
occupation of the Solomon Islands .
[5]
Vernon Francis Douglas , a New Zealand
Columban priest killed by Japanese soldiers in 1943 in the
Philippines having demonstrated outstanding priestly fidelity (especially to the
Seal of Confession ).
[6]
See also
References
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