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Who is being beatified in 2026?

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

Luke Coppen
Feb 13, 2026
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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

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