Blessed Josep Tous Soler
Also known as
- Józef Tous y Soler
- Josep de Igualada
- 27 February
- 27 May on some calendars
Profile
Joined the Franciscan Capuchins at age 15, and professed his vows on 19 February 1828. Josep was ordained on 24 May 1834 in Barcelona, Spain; two months later, amidst anti-clerical violence in Catalonia, he was exiled from Spain and spent the next nine years ministering in France. He was able to return to Spain in 1843, but the government had outlawed religious orders, and Father Josep spent the rest of his life as a parish priest; he tried always to live his Franciscan ideals. In 1850 he led a group of young women who, on 22 December 1858, would become the Capuchin Sisters of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd, a congregation devoted to pastoral care and teaching young children.
Born
- 27 February 1871 in Barcelona, Spain of natural causes while celebrating Mass
- 22 December 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
- 25 April 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
- recognition to be celebrated in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona, Spain by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Josep Tous Soler“. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 December 2019. Web. 22 September 2020. <>