How many saints do we have?

Answer 1

The Saints are all the holy men and women who on earth chose to serve God in their actions. The Church has a Canonization process, in which she discovers causes for a person to be raised to the Sainthood of the Catholic Church. There is a series of time spans and sequence of elevation in which a person can be nominated a Saint. We, however, are called to be Saints. Our ancestors, who served God with faith and good actions, are Saints. Although they may not be officially recognized by the Church, God does not forget those who do His Work on Earth. That is why on November 1st, we celebrate All Saints Day. This day is to honor not only those that were officially recognized by the Church, but the good people that have died that have not been officially recognized by the Church.

Answer 2

That is an amusing question! The Catholic Church was established by Our Blessed Lord in approximately 33 A.D. and the Roman Empire went out of their way for the next three hundred years to make as many saints as they could by way of martyrdom. Then, of course, we have been in the business of making saints (sending people to heaven) for 1,700 years after that so there are thousands and thousands of named saints, and who knows how many that we don't know. The link below contains about 5,000 of the most common. Obviously, I am not going to list them all here, click on the link below.

Answer 3

New canonizations happen every few months so the answer changes all the time. Click on this link for the most recent people to be declared saints by Pope Francis.

Answer 4

There are thousands and thousands of saints in Catholicism, too many to list here. For a site that does list many of them click on this link.

Answer 5

Yes, there are between 10,000 and 20,000 different saints. Most are not officially canonized and many are local saints only.