1945 Martyrs of Albania, 1945-1974 Theodore Romzha, 1947, Ruthenian Eparch of Mukachevo Nykyta Budka, 1949, Ukrainian Bishop of Canada, died in Soviet gulag Beda Chang, S.J., 1951 Alberto Hurtado, S.J., 1952 Francis Xavier Ford, M.M., 1952 Martyrs of Laos, 1954-1970 Zdenka Cecilia Schelingová, 1955 Jim Elliot, 1956 Nate Saint, 1956, killed while attempting to evangelize the Waodani people Ed McCully, 1956 Pete Fleming, 1956 Roger Youderian, 1956 Esther John 1929–1960, Found Killed in Chichawatni commemorated at Westminster Abbey. Wang Zhiming, 1973, Chinese pastor, publicly executed Martyrs of La Rioja, 1976 Janani Jakaliya Luwum, 1977, Archbishop of Uganda Abuna Theophilos, 1979, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Gudina Tumsa, 1979, Ethiopian theologian Óscar Romero, 1980, Archbishop of San Salvador Ita Ford, M.M., 1980 Maura Clarke, M.M., 1980 Dorothy Kazel, O.S.U., 1980 Jean Donovan, 1980 Stanley Rother, 1981 Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos, 1982, killed in hatred of faith while resisting a rape attempt Jerzy Popiełuszko, 1984 Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, 1993, killed in hatred of faith while resisting a rape attempt Martyrs of Algeria, 1994-1996 Rani Maria Vattalil, 1995 Graham Staines ,[India],1999, Kosheh Martyrs, Egypt, 1998–2000 Rufus Halley, S.S.C., 2001 David Paget, 2001 Martin Burnham, 2002 Mary Stachowicz, 2002 Andrea Santoro, 2006 Fabianus Tibo, 2006 Leonella Sgorbati, 2006 Ragheed Ganni and companions, 2007 Paulos Faraj Rahho, 2008, Chaldean Archeparch of Mosul Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith, 2008 2008 Kandhamal violence, 2008 Nag Hammadi martyrs, Egypt 2010 Baghdad martyrs, 2010 Luigi Padovese, 2011 Shahbaz Bhatti, 2011 Nigerian martyrs, 2012 Frans van der Lugt, S.J., 2014 Christians (ن) martyred by ISIL, 2014-2019 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya, 2015 Jacques Hamel, Normandy 2016 Cairo martyrs, 2016 Alexandria martyrs, 2017 Sutherland Springs martyrs, 2017 John Allen Chau, 2018 Sri Lankan martyrs, 2019 David Amess, Essex 2021 See also List of Christian women of the patristic age List of Christians killed during the Diocletian Persecution Unitarian martyrs References Martyr Martyr Persecution of early Christians