Francesco Pianzola (5 October 1881 - 4 June 1943) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who established the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculata, Queen of Peace.

He was beatified in 2008; Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presided over the mass on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.

[1] For the purpose of a passion of preaching he established a religious congregation in Mortara on 8 May 1919 in order to go to the poor and to the workers for evangelization as well as to bring them the love of Jesus Christ and His message.

On 26 June 2006 he was proclaimed to be Venerable after Pope Benedict XVI recognized that Pianzola had lived a model Christian life of heroic virtue.

Benedict XVI recognized the healing as being a miracle and delegated Cardinal José Saraiva Martins to preside over the beatification on 4 October 2008 in Pavia.