The Holy Father decreed today, in his audience with the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the pontifical recognition of martyrdom of 2 bishops, 50 priests and friars, and one layman killed by the anti-Catholic Republican forces in the first months of the Spanish Civil War, the period of greatest persecution in modern times.
These are their names:
Spain, its past afflictions, and its current anti-Catholic crisis will be discussed here in the next few weeks, in this very special 70th anniversary year of the Passion of Spain.
These are their names:
- Bishop NARCISO DE ESTÉNAGA Y ECHEVARRÍA
- Bishop CRUZ LAPLANA Y LAGUNA
- VICENTE ALAMANO JIMÉNEZ
- JUSTINO ALARCÓN VERA
- JUSTO ARÉVALO MORA
- JOSÉ MARÍA AZURMENDI MUGARZA
- MIGUEL BEATO SÁNCHEZ
- PEDRO BUITRAGO MORALES
- MAMERTO CARCHANO Y CARCHANO
- FRANCISCO CARLÉS GONZÁLEZ
- JOSÉ LUIS COLLADO OLIVER
- ESTEBAN CUEVAS CASQUERO
- PERFECTO DOMÍNGUEZ MONGE
- FÉLIX ECHEVARRÍA GOROSTIAGA
- LUIS ECHEVARRÍA GOROSTIAGA
- FERNANDO ESPAÑOL BERDIÉ
- OVIDIO FERNÁNDEZ ARENILLAS
- LUIS GÓMEZ DE PABLO
- FELIX GONZÁLEZ BUSTOS
- LIBERIO GONZÁLEZ NOMBELA
- JOSÉ GRIJALVO MEDEL
- PEDRO JIMÉNEZ VALLEJO
- JOAQUÍN DE LA MADRID ARESPACOCHAGA
- CLEMENTE LÓPEZ YAGÜE
- FRANCISCO LÓPEZ-GASCO FERNÁNDEZ-LARGO
- FRANCISCO MAQUEDA LÓPEZ
- MELCHOR MARTÍN MONGE
- JOSÉ MATA LUIS
- TOMÁS MATEOS SÁNCHEZ
- JÚLIO MELGAR SALGADO
- DANIEL MORA NINE
- SATURNINO ORTEGA MONTEALEGRE
- RICARDO PLÁ ESPÍ
- JOSÉ POLO BENITO
- PEDRO RAMÓN RODRÍGUEZ
- AGRÍCOLA RODRÍGUEZ GARCÍA DE LOS HUERTOS
- BARTOLOMÉ RODRÍGUEZ SORIA
- ANTONIO SÁEZ DE IBARRA LÓPEZ
- DOMINGO SÁNCHEZ LÁZARO
- GREGORIO SÁNCHEZ SANCHO
- NAZARIO DEL VALLE GONZÁLEZ
- PEDRO ÁLVAREZ PÉREZ
- DALMACIO BELLOTA PÉREZ
- URBANO CORRAL GONZÁLEZ
- DIODORO LÓPEZ HERNANDO
- ANTOLÍN MARTÍNEZ Y MARTÍNEZ
- ISIDRO MUÑOZ ANTOLÍN
- REMIGIO ANGEL OLALLA ALDEA
- SIMÓN MIGUEL RODRÍGUEZ
- VALERIANO RUIZ PERAL
- LUIS VILLANUEVA MONTOYA
- MIGUEL ZARRAGUA ITURRÍZAGA
- ALVARO SANTOS CEJUDO MORENO
Priests (Diocesan and Regular):
Religious Brothers (non-ordained):
Layman:
Spain, its past afflictions, and its current anti-Catholic crisis will be discussed here in the next few weeks, in this very special 70th anniversary year of the Passion of Spain.
