Blessed Manuel Galcerá Videllet
Profile
Manuel studied at the seminary in Zaragoza, Spain, and was ordained a priest on 1 June 1901. He joined the Hermandad de Sacerdotes Operarios Diocesanos (Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) in August 1906. He served in the Spanish cities of Zaragoza, Tarragona, Badajoz, Ciudad Real, Valladolid and Beaza, in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and in Rome, Italy. On 20 July 1936 he was arrested by anti–Catholic forces in the Spanish Civil War in Baeza, Spain. He was held for weeks, and finally murdered for being a priest. Martyr.
Born
- 3 September 1936 in Ibros, Jaén, Spain
- 29 September 2020 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
- 30 October 2021 by Pope Francis
- the beatification recognition was celebrated in the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora Santa María, Tortosa, Spain
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Manuel Galcerá Videllet“. CatholicSaints.Info. 31 October 2021. Web. 22 January 2022. <>