This page is a list of saints,blesseds, venerables, and Servants of Godfrom 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.
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]
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]
^Laracy, Hugh (7 June 2013). "Douglas, Francis Vernon". the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 February 2015.