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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

• 19 August 1876 in Larraínzar, Navarra, Spain

Died

• 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. 27 October 2021. <>