(ZENIT News / Rome, 09/28/2025) – During the Angelus on Sunday, September 28 in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV announced «that on November 1st , in the context of the Jubilee of the Educational World, I will confer the title of Doctor of the Church on Saint John Henry Newman, who contributed decisively to the renewal of Theology and the understanding of Christian Doctrine in its development.»
Just last July 31st , the Holy See Press Office announced that during an audience with the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Marcelo Semeraro, «the Holy Father confirmed the favourable opinion of the Plenary Session of Cardinals and Bishops, Members of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, on the title of Doctor of the universal Church to be conferred shortly upon Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Founder of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in England, born in London (United Kingdom) on February 21, 1801, and died in Edgbaston (United Kingdom) on August 11, 1890.»
With the addition of Saint John Henry Newman to the Catalogue of Doctors of the Church, the list of Saints holding this title will rise to 38.
Doctors of the Latin Church
- Saint Ambrose
- Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Saint Jerome
- Saint Gregory the Great
- San Isidore of Seville
- Saint Bede the Venerable
- Saint Peter Damian
- Saint Anselm of Canterbury
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
- Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Saint Bonaventure
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Saint Albert the Great
- Saint Lawrence of Brindisi
- Saint John of Avila
- Saint Hilary of Poitiers
- Saint Leo the Great
- Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe
Doctors of the Greek Church
- Saint Athanasius
- Saint Basil the Great
- Saint Gregory Nazianzus
- Saint John Chrysostom
- 23.Saint Cyril of Alexandria
- Saint John Damascene
Doctors of Other Traditions
- Saint Ephrem the Syrian
- Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
- Saint Gregory of Nyssa
- Saint Peter Chrysologus
- Saint Irenaeus of Lyon
- Saint Gregory of Narek (Armenian)
Women Doctors of the Church
- Saint Teresa of Avila
- Saint Catherine of Siena
- Saint Thèrese of the Child Jesus
- Saint Hildegard of Bingen
Recent Additions
- Saint John of the Cross
- Saint Francis of Sales
- Saint Irenaeus of Lyon (proclaimed Doctor of Unity by Pope Francis in 2022)
