Who is being beatified in 2026?

In 2026, there are already five confirmed beatification ceremonies, with seven more considered imminent.

Since the turn of the millennium, there has been an average of 11 beatification ceremonies a year in the Catholic Church.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Credit: Public Domain.

The average number of blesseds varies wildly each year, as a single beatification ceremony can produce anything from one new blessed to hundreds. Pope Benedict XVI, for example, beatified