Bishop Manuel Irurita Almándoz
Profile
Ordained a priest in 1901. Chosen bishop of Lérida, Spain on 20 December 1926. Chosen bishop of Barcelona, Spain on 13 March 1930. Murdered by anti–Christian forces in the Spanish Civil War. His Cause for Canonization as a martyr has opened.
Born
- shot on 4 December 1936 in Montcada, Barcelona, Spain
- interred in the cathedral of the archdiocese of Barcelona
MLA Citation
- “Bishop Manuel Irurita Almándoz“. CatholicSaints.Info. 15 March 2020. Web. 17 January 2021. <>