This is a list of Mexican

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s, venerables, and

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, as recognized by the

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. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in the present territory of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. Because of missionaries who spent greater or lesser amounts of time in Mexico en route to other mission lands, exact numbers of Mexican saints vary. The Catholic Church has been present in what is now Mexico since the earliest years of the sixteenth century. As early as 1517, the expedition of

Francisco Hernández de Córdoba Francisco Hernández de Córdoba may refer to: * Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Yucatán conquistador) (died 1517) * Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (founder of Nicaragua) (died 1526) {{hndis, name=Hernandez de Cordoba, Francisco ...

brought Catholicism to the Yucatan, where the first diocese in continental North America would be erected in 1518. Mexico's first saint was canonized in 1862. Today, Mexico accounts for more saints and Blesseds than any other country in the Western Hemisphere.

Mexican saints

* Felipe las Casas Martínez (Felipe of Jesus) (1571–1597), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Alcantarines); Martyr (Mexico City, Mexico Nagasaki, Japan) **Declared Venerable: N/A **Beatified: 14 September 1627 by

Pope Urban VIII Pope Urban VIII ( la, Urbanus VIII; it, Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in July 1644. As po ...

**Canonized: 8 June 1862 by

Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...

* José Maria de Yermo Parres (1851–1904), Priest of the Diocese of León; Founder of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Poor (Estado de México – Puebla, Mexico) **Declared Venerable: 7 September 1989 **Beatified: 6 May 1990 by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

**Canonized: 21 May 2000 by

* María Natividad Venegas de la Torre (María of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament) (1868–1959), Founder of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) **Declared Venerable: 13 May 1989 **Beatified: 22 November 1992 by

**Canonized: 21 May 2000 by

Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, also known as Juan Diego (; 1474–1548), was a Chichimec peasant and Marian visionary. He is said to have been granted apparitions of the Virgin Mary on four occasions in December 1531: three at the hill of Tepeyac an ...

(1474–1548), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Mexico City, Mexico) **Declared Venerable: 9 April 1990 **Beatified: 6 May 1990 by

**Canonized: 31 July 2002 by

Rafael Guízar Valencia Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

(1878–1938), Bishop of Veracruz (Michoacán de Ocampo – Mexico City, Mexico) **Declared Venerable: 27 November 1981 **Beatified: 29 January 1995 by

**Canonized: 15 October 2006 by

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

* Anastasia Guadalupe García Zavala (María Guadalupe) (1878–1963), Cofounder of the Handmaids of Saint Margaret Mary and of the Poor (Jalisco, Mexico) **Declared Venerable: 1 July 2000 **Beatified: 25 April 2004 by

**Canonized: 12 May 2013 by

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

José Sánchez del Río José Luis Sánchez del Río (March 28, 1913 – February 10, 1928) was a Mexican Cristero who was put to death by government officials because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith. His death was seen as a largely political venture on the p ...

(1913–1928), Child of the Diocese of Zamora; Martyr (Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico) **Declared Venerable: 22 June 2004 **Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Cardinal

José Saraiva Martins José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. GCC (born 6 January 1932) is a Portuguese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1998 to 2008. Born in Gagos de Jarmelo in Guarda, Portugal, to A ...

, C.M.F. **Canonized: 16 October 2016 by

* Cristobal, Antonio and Juan (d. 1527–29), Children of the Diocese of Tlaxcala; Martyrs (Tlaxcala, Mexico) **Declared Venerable: 3 March 1990 **Beatified: 6 May 1990 by

**Canonized: 15 October 2017 by

Mexican blesseds

* Sebastián de Aparicio Prado (1502–1600), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Orense, Spain – Puebla, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": May 2, 1768 **Beatified: May 17, 1789 by

Pope Pius VI Pope Pius VI ( it, Pio VI; born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, 25 December 171729 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799. Pius VI condemned the French Revoluti ...

* Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (1891–1927), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Zacatecas – Mexico City, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": November 10, 1986 **Beatified: September 25, 1988 by

Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo (21 September 1882 – 10 March 1928) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest who was also a member of the Order of Saint Augustine who assumed the name of Elias del Socorro when he became a member of the order. Pope John ...

(1882–1928), Professed Priest of the Augustinians; Martyr (Guanajuato, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": December 17, 1996 **Beatified: October 12, 1997 by

Vicenta Chávez Orozco Vicenta Chávez Orozco (6 February 1867 - 30 July 1949), also known by her religious name María Vicenta de Santa Dorotea, was a Mexican Roman Catholic nun and the founder of the Servants of the Holy Spirit and the Poor. Orozco was admitted into a ...

(María Vicenta of Saint Dorothy) (1867–1949), Founder of the Servants of the Holy Trinity and the Poor (Michoacán de Ocampo – Jalisco, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": December 21, 1991 **Beatified: November 9, 1997 by

Martyrs of Cajonos Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Ángeles ( 1660 – 16 September 1700) were Mexican Roman Catholics. The pair were both instructed to protect moral practices in their town and to ensure that the faith was safeguarded in the face of pagan and tri ...

**Juan Bautista (ca.1660–1700), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Antequera-Oaxaca; Martyr (Oaxaca, Mexico) **Jacinto de los Ángeles (ca. 1660–1700), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Antequera-Oaxaca; Martyr (Oaxaca, Mexico) ***Declared "Venerable": July 7, 2001 ***Beatified: August 1, 2002 by

Darío Acosta Zurita Darío Acosta Zurita (14 December 1908 – 25 July 1931) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest who administered in Veracruz where he lived and was killed. Zurita commenced his studies for the priesthood after he had once been refused entrance and he ...

(1908–1931), Priest of the Diocese of Veracruz; Martyr (Veracruz, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": June 22, 2004 **Beatified: November 20, 2005 by Cardinal

, C.M.F. *

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (26 June 1600 – 1 October 1659) was a Spanish politician, administrator, and Catholic clergyman in 17th century Spain and a viceroy of Mexico. Palafox was the Bishop of Puebla (1640−1655), and the interim Archbisho ...

(1600–1659), Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles and Osma (Navarra – Osma, Spain) **Declared "Venerable": January 17, 2009 **Beatified: June 5, 2011 by Cardinal

Angelo Amato Angelo Amato, S.D.B. (born 8 June 1938) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints between 2008 and 2018. He served as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of t ...

, S.D.B. * Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa (María Inés Teresa of the Blessed Sacrament) (1904–1981), Founder of the Poor Clare Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and the Missionaries of Christ for the Universal Church (Nayarit, Mexico – Rome, Italy) **Declared "Venerable": April 3, 2009 **Beatified: April 21, 2012 by Cardinal

, S.D.B. * María Concepcíon Cabrera Arias de Armida (1862–1937), Married Laywoman of the Archdiocese of Mexico; Founder of the Apostolate of the Cross and the Religious of the Cross of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Cofounder of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (San Luis Potosí – Mexico City, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": December 20, 1999 **Beatified: May 4, 2019 by Cardinal

Giovanni Angelo Becciu Giovanni Angelo Becciu (born 2 June 1948) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018. On 24 September 2020, he resigned the rights associated with the cardinalate. An archbishop since 20 ...

Mexican venerables

* Antonio Margil Ros (Antonio of Jesus) (1657–1726), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Valencia, Spain – Mexico City, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 31 July 1836 *

Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos (November 5, 1862 in Ecuandureo, Michoacán − May 19, 1912) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on March 20, 1886, Castellanos y Castellanos was named bishop of the Roman Catholic ...

(1862–1912), Bishop of Tabasco (Michoacán de Ocampo – Tabasco, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 21 December 1989 * José Ramón Ibarra González (1853–1917), Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Guerrero – Mexico City, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 9 April 1990 * Dolores Medina Zepeda (María Dolores of the Wound on the Side of Christ) (1860–1925), Founder of the Daughters of the Passion of Jesus Christ and the Sorrows of Mary (Mexico City – Mexíco Distrito Federál, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 3 July 1998 * Pablo de Anda Padilla (1830–1904), Priest of the Diocese of León; Founder of the Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Jalisco – Guanajuato, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 28 June 1999 * María Luisa de la Peña Navarro de Rojas (María Luisa Josefa uisitaof the Most Blessed Sacrament) (1866–1937), Widow; Founder of the Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Guadalajara and the Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Los Angeles (Jalisco, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 1 July 2000 * Benôit-Félix Rougier Olanier (1859–1938), Priest and Founder of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit; Founder of the Guadalupan Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit and the Oblate Sisters of Jesus the Priest; Cofounder of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit (Puy-de-Dôme, France – Mexico City, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 1 July 2000 * Librada Orozco Santa Cruz (María Librada of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) (1834–1926), Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge (Jalisco, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 18 December 2000 * Julia Navarrete Guerrero (Julia of the Thorns of the Sacred Heart) (1881–1974), Founder of the Missionary Daughters of the Most Pure Virgin Mary (Oaxaca – Estado de Mexíco, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 22 June 2004 * Moisés Lira Serafin (1893–1950), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit; Founder of the Missionaries of Charity of Mary Immaculate (Puebla – Mexico City, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 27 March 2013 * Jean Prosper Fromental (Bernardo Felipe) (1895–1978), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers); Founder of the Guadalupan Sisters of De La Salle (Lozère, France – Mexico City, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 5 July 2013 * Jesús María Echavarría Aguirre (1858–1954), Bishop of Saltillo; Founder of the Institute of Sisters Catechists of Guadalupe (Guadalupan Catechist Sisters) (Sinaloa – Coahuila, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 7 February 2014 * Agustín Ramírez Barba (1881–1967), Priest of the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos; Founder of the Servants of the Lord of Mercy (Jalisco, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 16 July 2015 * María de Jesús Guízar Barragán (María of the Merciful Love of Jesus) (1899–1973), Founder of the Guadalupan Handmaids of Christ the Priest (Michoacán – Estado de Mexíco, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 14 June 2016 * José Bardomiano de Jesús Guzmán Figueroa (Pablo María) (1897–1967), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit; Founder of the Eucharistic Missionaries of the Most Holy Trinity (Guanajuato – Mexico City, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 14 June 2016 * María Patricia Magdalena Pátlan Sánchez (Humilde of the Child Jesus) (1895–1970), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Guanajuato, Mexico – Veracruz, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 16 June 2017 *

Eusebio Francisco Kino Eusebio Francisco Kino ( it, Eusebio Francesco Chini, es, Eusebio Francisco Kino; 10 August 1645 – 15 March 1711), often referred to as Father Kino, was a Tyrolean Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer and astronomer born in ...

(1645–1711), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Trent, Italy – Sonora, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 10 July 2020 *

Vasco de Quiroga Vasco de Quiroga (1470/78 – 14 March 1565) was the first bishop of Michoacán, Mexico, and one of the judges (''oidores'') in the second Real Audiencia of Mexico – the high court that governed New Spain – from January 10, 1531, to April 16, ...

(1470–1565), Bishop of Michoacán (Ávila, Spain Michoacán, Mexico) **Declared "Venerable": 21 December 2020

Mexican Servants of God

Bartolomé de las Casas Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ( ; ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a 16th-century Spanish landowner, friar, priest, and bishop, famed as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman then became a Dominican friar ...

(1484–1566), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Bishop of Chiapas (Seville – Madrid, Spain) * Juan Bautista de Moya Valenzuela (1504–1567), Professed Priest of the Augustinians (Jaén, Spain – Michoacán, Mexico) * Juana Inés de Asbaje Ramírez de Santillana (Juana Inés of the Cross) (1648–1695), Professed Religious of the Hieronymite Nuns (Estado de México – Mexico City, Mexico) * Luis Felipe Neri de Alfaro Velásquez (1709–1776), Priest of the Oratorians (Mexico City – Guanajuato, Mexico) *

Antonio Alcalde Barriga Antonio Alcalde Barriga (14 March 1701 - 7 August 1792) was a Spanish people, Spanish Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Order of Preachers who served as the Bishop of Guadalajara. He served in Dominicans c ...

(1701–1792), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Bishop of Guadalajara (Valladolid, Spain – Jalisco, Mexico) * Cesárea Ruiz de Esparza Dávalos (1829–1884), Founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Mexico (Josephite Sisters) (Aguascalientes, Mexico – Mexico City, Mexico) * José Antonio Plancarte Labastida (1840–1898), Priest of the Archdiocese of Mexico; Founder of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate of Guadalupe (Mexico City, Mexico) * José Anastasio Díaz López (1858–1905), Priest of the Diocese of Zacatecas; Founder of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Guadalupe (Aguascalientes, Mexico – Zacatecas, Mexico) * Miguel Cano Gutiérrez (1866–1924), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Founder of the Servants of the Holy Trinity and the Poor (Jalisco, Mexico) * Eugenio Oláez Anda (1860–1933), Priest of the Diocese of León; Founder of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Guanajuato, Mexico) * María de la Luz Elisa Berruecos Juvera (María Elisa Margarita of the Holy Spirit) (1874–1944), Founder of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Querétaro – Mexico City, Mexico) * María Eugenia González Lafón (María Eugenia of the Holy Trinity) (1876–1962), Founder of the Catechist Sisters of Mary Most Holy, Order of Saint Benedict (Chihuahua – Querétaro, Mexico) * Alfonso Pérez Larios (1886–1965), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (Jalisco – Mexico City, Mexico) * María Dolores Echevarría Esparza (1893–1966), Cofounder of the Missionaries of Jesus the Priest (Jalisco – Mexico City, Mexico) * Gloria Esperanza Elizondo García (Gloría Maria of Jesus) (1908–1966), Professed Religious of the Catechist Sisters of the Poor (Durango – Nueva León, Mexico) * María Regina Sánchez Muñoz (1895–1967), Founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Guadalupe (Guadalajara – Chihuahua, Mexico) * José Soledad de Jesús Torres Castañeda (1918–1967), Bishop of Ciudad Obregón; Martyr (Zacatecas – Durango, Mexico) * Roberto Cuellar García (1896–1970), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Durango – Jalisco, Mexico) *

Antonio Hernández Gallegos Antonio Hernández Gallegos (June 4, 1912 − October 22, 1973) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on April 11, 1936, Hernández Gallegos was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco, Mexico Mexico ...

(1912–1973), Bishop of Tabasco (Zacatecas – San Luis Potosí, Mexico) * Rebeca María de Uriarte Healy (María Auxilia of the Cross) (1891–1974), Founder of the Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Puebla – Mexico City, Mexico) * Martha Christlieb Ibarrola (1914–1975), Cofounder of the Sisters of the True Cross, Daughters of the Church (Mexico City – Veracruz, Mexico) * Juan Pablo Góngora Alvarado (1894–1986), Priest of the Archdiocese of Yucatán; Founder of the Missionary Daughters of the Holy Mother of Light (Yucatán, Mexico) * María Concepcíon Álvarez Icaza (María Angélica) (1887–1977), Professed Religious of the Visitation Nuns (Mexico City, Mexico) * Maura Degollado Guízar de Maciel (1895–1977), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Tlalnepantla (Michoacán de Ocampo – Mexico City, Mexico) * Juan María Navarrete Guerrero (1886–1982), Archbishop of Hermosillo (Oaxaca – Sonora, Mexico) * José Abraham Martínez Betancourt (1903–1982), Bishop of Tacámbaro; Founder of the Servants of the Immaculate Conception (Michoacán, Mexico) * Carlos Rosado Contraros (1926–1984), Priest of the Archdiocese of Yucatán (Yucatán, Mexico) * José Ochoa Gutierrez (1909–1984), Priest of the Diocese of Zamora; Founder of the Missionaries of the Holy Family and the Parochial Workers of the Holy Family (Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico) * Vincenzo Idà (1909–1984), Priest of the Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi; Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Catechism and the Missionaries of Evangelization (Vibo Valentia, Italy – Oaxaca, Mexico) * Ana María Gómez Campos (Ana María of the Holy Spirit) (1894–1985), Cofounder of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit (Mexico City, Mexico) * María Cristina Olimpia Macotela Durán (Margarita María) (1933–1985), Professed Religious of the Capuchin Poor Clares of the Blessed Sacrament (Mexico City – Puebla, Mexico) * José del Pilar Quezada Valdés (1900–1985), Bishop of Acapulco (Jalisco, Mexico) * Virginia Padilla Jiménez (1901–1986), Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows, Reparatrices of Her Sorrows (Jalisco – Mexico City, Mexico) * Marina Francisca Cinta Sarrelangue de Balmori (1909–1988), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Coatzacoalcos (Veracruz – Mexico City, Mexico) * María del Carmen López Guzmán (María Yolanda of Our Lady of Guadalupe) (1942–1991), Professed Religious of the Servants of the Holy Trinity and the Poor (Jalisco, Mexico) * Federico de Aguinaga López (1904–1995), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) * Saturnino García Lara (1903–1995), Priest of the Archdiocese of Morelia (Guanajuato – Michoacán, Mexico) * Basilio Rueda Guzmán (1924–1996), Professed Religious of the Marist Brothers of the Schools (Jalisco, Mexico) * Salvador Rivera García (Salvador of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) (1934–1997), Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelites (Guanajuato – Jalisco, Mexico) * Antonietta Böhm Schwanewilm (1907–2008), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) (Bottrop, Germany – Estado de Mexíco, Mexico) * Adalberto Almeida Merino (1916–2008), Archbishop of Chihuáhua (Chihuáhua, Mexico) * Ramón Sáinz Orozco (1882-1937), Married Layperson of the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos; Martyr * Martín Lawers González (1881–1933), Priest of the Diocese of Irapuato; Martyr

Group Martyrs

* Martyrs of Tepehuanes (Durango, Mexico): **Fernando de Tobar (1581–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Sinaloa, Mexico) **Bernardo de Cisneros (1582–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Palencia, Spain) **Diego de Orozco (1588–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Cáceres, Spain) **Juan del Valle (1575–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Vizcaya, Spain) **Luis de Alavés (1589–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Oaxaca, Mexico) **Juan Fonte (1574–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Barcelona, Spain) **Jeronimo de Moranta (1574–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Islas Baleares, Spain) **Fernando de Santarén (1567–1616), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Cuenca, Spain) * Martyrs of Japan: ** Ludovic Frarijn uis Flores(c. 1563–1622), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Antwerp, Belgium – Nagasaki, Japan) ** Pedro de Zúñiga (c. 1579–1622), Professed Priest of the Augustinians (Seville, Spain – Nagasaki, Japan) ** Pedro de Ávila (1591–1622), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Alacartines) (Ávila, Spain – Nagasaki, Japan) ** Vicente Ramírez (Vicente of Saint Joseph) (1597–1622), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Alacartines) (Huelva, Spain – Nagasaki, Japan) ** Bartolomé Díaz Laurel (1599–1627), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants) (Guerrero, Mexico – Nagasaki, Japan) ** Bartolomé Gutiérrez Rodríguez (1580–1632), Professed Priest of the Augustinians (Mexico City, Mexico – Nagasaki, Japan) ** Luis Cabrera Sotelo (1574–1624), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants) (Seville, Spain – Nagasaki, Japan) *** Declared "Venerable": February 26, 1866 *** Beatified: May 7, 1867 by

* Martyrs during Mexican Revolution (d. 1916–1937) ** David Galván Bermúdez (1881–1915), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Luis Batis Sáinz (1870–1926), Priest of the Diocese of Durango (Zacatecas, Mexico) **

Manuel Moralez Manuel Moralez was a Mexican layman who was killed during the Cristero War. A pro-Catholic activist during the anticlerical period under President Plutarco Elías Calles, he was captured by government forces, and was executed for refusing to renou ...

(1898–1926) Married Layperson of the Diocese of Durango (Zacatecas, Mexico) ** Salvador Lara Puente (1905–1926), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Durango (Durango, Mexico Zacatecas, Mexico) **

David Roldán Lara David Roldán Lara (2 March 1902 – 15 August 1926) was a Mexican layman who was killed during the Cristero War. A pro-Catholic activist during the anticlerical period under President Plutarco Elías Calles, he was captured by government forces, ...

(1902–1926), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Durango (Zacatecas, Mexico) **

Cristóbal Magallanes Jara Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, also known as Christopher Magallanes (July 30, 1869 – May 25, 1927), was Mexican Catholic priest and martyr who was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War. He had faced the trumped-up ch ...

(1869–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Román Adame Rosales (1859–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán (1875–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Julio Álvarez Mendoza (1866–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Agustín Caloca Cortés (1898–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Zacatecas, Mexico Jalisco, Mexico) **

Mateo Correa Magallanes Mateo Correa Magallanes (also known as Mateo Correa, Fr. Correa; July 23, 1866 – February 6, 1927) was a Knight of Columbus, of Council 2140. Correa was born at Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, Mexico. He attended the seminary at Zacatecas on a sch ...

(1866–1927), Priest of the Diocese of Durango (Zacatecas, Mexico Durango, Mexico) ** José María Robles Hurtado (1888–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Founder of the Hermanas del Corazon of Jesús Sacramentado (Jalisco, Mexico) **

Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo Jenaro Sánchez y Delgadillo was a Mexican Catholic priest who was executed by the Mexican military during the Cristero War in that country, born on 19 September 1886 and died on 17 January 1927. He is now honored as a martyr and saint by th ...

(1886–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Miguel de la Mora y de la Mora (1878–1927), Priest of the Diocese of Colima (Jalisco, Mexico Colima, Mexico) ** Pedro Esqueda Ramírez (1887–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** David Uribe Velasco (1889–1927), Priest of the Diocese of Chilpancingo (Guerrero, Mexico Morelia, Mexico) ** Sabas Reyes Salazar (1883–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) **

Margarito Flores García Margarito Flores García (February 22, 1899 — November 12, 1927) was a priest of the Catholic Church and was canonized a saint in 2000. During his ministry in Chilpancingo-Chilapa, he was persecuted in the Mexican revolution and died as a mart ...

(1899–1927), Priest of the Diocese of Chilpancingo (Guerrero, Mexico) ** José Isabel Flores Varela (1866–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Zacatecas, Mexico Jalisco, Mexico) **

Atilano Cruz Alvarado On May 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized a group of 25 saints and martyrs who had died in the Mexican Cristero War. The vast majority are Catholic priests who were executed for carrying out their ministry despite the suppression under the a ...

(1901–1928), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Jesús Méndez Montoya (1880–1928), Priest of the Diocese of Morelia (Michoacán, Mexico Guanajuato, Mexico) **

Justino Orona Madrigal On May 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized a group of 25 saints and martyrs who had died in the Mexican Cristero War. The vast majority are Catholic priests who were executed for carrying out their ministry despite the suppression under the a ...

(1877–1928), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Founder of the Hermanas Clarisas del Sagrado Corazon (Jalisco, Mexico) **

Toribio Romo González Toribio Romo González, known as Saint Toribio Romo ( es, santo Toribio Romo, ; April 16, 1900 – February 25, 1928) was a Mexican Catholic priest and martyr who was killed during the anti-clerical persecutions of the Cristero War. Beatified an ...

(1900–1928), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles (1899–1928), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero (1892–1937), Priest of the Archdiocese of Chihuáhua (Chihuáhua, Mexico) ***Declared Venerable: 7 March 1992 ***Beatified: 22 November 1992 by

***Canonized: 21 May 2000 by

* Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War: ** José Pascual Carda Saporta (1893–1936), Priest of the Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Castellón, Spain)* ** Isidoro Bover Oliver (1890–1936), Priest of the Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Castellón, Spain)* ** Dionisio Pamplona Polo (Dionisio of Saint Barbara) (1868–1936), Professed Priest of the Piarists (Teruel – Huesca, Spain)** *** Declared "Venerable": July 6, 1993*; December 15, 1994** *** Beatified: October 1, 1995 by

** Gabriel Escoto Ruiz (José María) (1878–1936), Novice of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance (Jalisco, Mexico – Lleida, Spain)* ** Luciano Hernández Ramírez (Reginaldo) (1909–1936), Professed Priest of the Dominicans (Jalisco, Mexico – Madrid, Spain)* *** Declared "Venerable": June 26, 2006* *** Beatified: October 28, 2007 by Cardinal

, C.M.F. * Martyrs of San Joaquin: ** José Trinidad Rangél Montaño (1887–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of León (Guanajuato Jalisco, Mexico) ** Antonio Pérez Lários (1883–1927), Layperson of the Archdiocese of León (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Andrés Solá Molist (1895–1927), Professed Priest of the Claretians (Barcelona, Spain Jalisco, Mexico) ***Declared "Venerable": June 22, 2004 ***Beatified: November 20, 2005 by Cardinal

, C.M.F. * Martyrs of Guadalajara: **

Anacleto González Flores Anacleto González Flores (July 13, 1888 – April 1, 1927) was a Mexican Catholic layman and lawyer who was tortured and executed during the persecution of the Catholic Church under Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles. González was beat ...

(1888–1927), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** José Dionisio Luis Padilla Gómez (1899–1927), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Jorge Ramon Vargas González (1899–1927), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Ramón Vicente Vargas González (1905–1927), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** José Luciano Ezequiel Huerta Gutiérrez (1876–1927), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Salvador Huerta Gutiérrez (1880–1927), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Miguel Gómez Loza (1808–1928), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Luis Magaña Servín (1902–1928), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ***Declared "Venerable": June 22, 2004 ***Beatified: November 20, 2005 by Cardinal

, C.M.F. * Martyrs of the Mexican Republic: ** Inocencio López Velarde Morán (1860–1914), Priest of the Diocese of Zacatecas (Jalisco – Zacatecas, Mexico) ** Pascual Vega Alvarado (1851–1914), Priest of the Diocese of Zacatecas (Zacatecas, Mexico) ** Charles-Alphonse Astruc (Adrian María) (1860–1914), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Lozère, France – Zacatecas, Mexico) ** Jean-François-Théophile Gilles (Adolfo Francisco) (1869–1914), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Lozère, France – Zacatecas, Mexico) ** Mariano Bermúdez González (1888–1914), Professed Religious of the Claretians (Zacatecas, Mexico) ** Miguel Pérez Rubio (1863–1914), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Andrés Avelino Flores Quesney (1880–1915), Priest of the Diocese of Ciudad Obregon (Sonora, Mexico) ** Crescenciano Aguilar Zúñiga (1877–1925), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco – Zacatecas, Mexico) ** José García Farfán (1877–1926), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Puebla (Tlaxcala – Puebla, Mexico) ** Joaquín de Silva Carrasco (1898–1926), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Guanajuato – Michoacán, Mexico) ** Manuel Melgarejo Nápoles (1908–1926), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Mexico City – Michoacán, Mexico) ** José Vargas Reyes (d. 1926), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Morelia (Michoacán, Mexico) ** José Natividad Herrero Delgado (1911–1926), Child of the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Juan Manuel Bonilla Manzano (1904–1927), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Mexico City – Estado de México, Mexico) ** Florentino Alvarez Medina (1890–1927), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of León (Guanajuato, Mexico) ** Tomás de la Mora (1909–1927), Priest of the Diocese of Colima (Colima, Mexico) ** Pablo García Fernández (1876–1927), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** María del Carmen Robles Ibarra (1890–1928), Layperson of the Diocese of Zacatecas (Zacatecas – Jalisco, Mexico) ** Antonio Méndez Padrón (1887–1928), Priest of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí (San Luis Potosí, Mexico) ** Emilio Pérez Michel (1876–1928), Priest of the Diocese of Autlán (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Salvador Gutiérrez de Mora (1904–1928), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Mexico City – Guerrero, Mexico) ** José de Jesús Mora Salado (1886–1928), Priest of the Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán (Michoacán, Mexico) ** Ramón Parada López (1896–1928), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Zenaida Llerenas Torres (1913–1928), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Colima (Colima, Mexico) ** David Maduro Vertiz (1885–1929), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Estado de México – Coahuila, Mexico) ** Gabriel Ángel García Morales (1906–1930), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Tabasco (Tabasco – Chiapas, Mexico) ** Francisco Marmolejo (1895–1931), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Aguascalientes (Jalisco, Mexico) ** Adolfo Mota Pineda (1885–1932), Priest of the Diocese of Colima (Colima – Jalisco, Mexico) ** Leonor Sánchez López (1918–1937), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Orizaba (Veracruz, Mexico)

Mexican candidates for sainthood

Martín de Valencia Martín de Valencia was born in Valencia de Don Juan, in the bishopric of Oviedo, Spain, ca. 1474. He died Tlalmanalco, Mexico, 21 March 1534. He was a Spanish Franciscan missionary, leader of the Twelve Apostles of Mexico, the first group of mendi ...

(1474–1534), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Valencia de Don Juan, Spain – Tlalmanalco, Mexico) *

Juan de Zumárraga Juan de Zumárraga, OFM (1468 – June 3, 1548) was a Spanish Basque Franciscan prelate and the first Bishop of Mexico. He was also the region's first inquisitor. He wrote ''Doctrina breve'', the first book published in the Western Hemispher ...

(1468–1548), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Bishop of Mexico City (Biscay, Spain – Mexico City, Mexico) * Gregorio López (1542–1596), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City; Hermit (Madrid, Spain – Mexico City, Mexico) * Pedro de Agurto (1544–1608), Professed Priest of the Augustinians; Bishop of Cebu (Mexico City, Mexico – Cebu, Philippines) * Diego Bazan (d. 1672), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City; Martyr (Mexico – Tumon, Guam) * Francisco Hermenegildo Tomás Garcés (1738–1781), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Zaragoza, Spain – Sonora, Mexico) * Luigi Corsini (1928–1963), Professed Priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus; Martyr (Brescia, Italy – Baja California Sur, Mexico) * Rodolfo Aguilar Álvarez (1948–1977), Priest of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua (Mexico City, Mexico – Chihuahua, Mexico) * Juan Morán Samaniego (1943–1979), Priest of the Diocese of Altacomulco; Martyr (Estado de México, Mexico) * María Concepción Zúñiga López (María Concepción of the Nativity and the Perpetual Help of Mary) (1914–1979), Founder of the Franciscan Minim Sisters of the Atonement of the Perpetual Help of Mary and the Franciscan Minim Friars of the Atonement of the Perpetual Help of Mary (Jalisco, Mexico – Jalisco, Mexico) * Luz Marina Valencia Triviño (1952–1987), Professed Religious of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception (Cundinamarca, Colombia – Guerrero, Mexico) *

Carlos Abascal Carlos María Abascal Carranza (June 14, 1949 – December 2, 2008) was a Mexican lawyer and the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Vicente Fox. He is the son of the writer Salvador Abascal, famous for his synarchist ideas. Biograph ...

(1949–2008), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mexico City (Mexico City) * Juan Miguel Contreras García (1985–2018), Priest of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara; Martyr (Jalisco, Mexico)

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