Founders of Catholic religious communities

Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)

Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)

Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)

Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)

founder of Christian monasticism, founder of the Benedictine order (480–547)

Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, writer (1815–1888)

American Roman Catholic singer-songwriter

pope of catholic church 1555-1559

Pope of the Catholic Church from July to December 1294

Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint (1542–1591)

founder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221)

French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church (1567-1622)

Italian saint (1194–1253)

Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373)

Spanish priest, writer and Catholic saint

French priest, founder and saint (1581-1660)

Spanish missionary and saint (1626-1667)

Italian Catholic bishop and saint (1696-1787)

French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)

Italian Roman Catholic saint and founder

French queen who entered religious life, became a nun and later an abbess who founded the Sisters of the Annunciation of Mary (canonized 1950)

Saint Columbanus (; 543 – 21 November 615) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy.

French priest and Catholic saint (1651–1719)

Italian founder of the Focolare Movement (1920–2008)

Italian mendicant friar, founder of the Order of Minims

Italian philosopher and priest (1797–1855)

Foundress of the Ursulines

founder of the Carthusian Order (1030–1101)

Italian priest, nurse and saint

Jesuit priest and evangelist

Spanish writer and saint

first native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1774-1821)

(1480–1547) Founder of the Theatines

Italian-American Catholic nun, misionary and saint (1850-1917)

Scholastica (; – 10 February 543) was an Italian Christian consecrated virgin and the sister of Benedict of Nursia. She is traditionally regarded as the foundress of the Benedictine nuns. Scholastica is honored as a saint of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Anglican Communion. She was born in Italy, and a ninth-century tradition makes her the twin sister of Benedict. Her feast day is 10 February.

Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker, canonized by the Catholic Church (1495–1550)

Roman Catholic archbishop and saint

princess who became a nun and saint (1211-1282)

Italian saint

Australian religious sister and saint (1842–1909)

French Catholic priest (1601–1680)

French nun and saint (1572-1641)

Swedish religious foundress (1870–1957)

Spanish Roman Catholic bishop, missionary and saint (1807-1870)

Cistercian abbot (1024–1111)

Czech christian missionary and saint (1811–1860)

Founder of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

German-Dutch Roman Catholic priest and saint

Italian saint

Dutch humanist and mystic (1340-1384)

Italian mystic and religious foundress

Polish saint (1846-1916)

Roman Catholic missionary and saint (1865–1939)

Italian Catholic saint, priest, social advocate and religious founder (1872-1940)

English-born monk and abbot

co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity (1591-1660)

Catholic saint, bishop and missionary (1831–1881)

Italian saint and missionary (1795–1850)

Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Pauline Family (1884–1971)

Catholic bishop (1871–1927)