Alejandro Labaka Ugarte (in religione: Manuel)
The Vatican record
- 22 May 2025 — Offering of life recognised (decree list, 2025)
Who they were
Alejandro Labaka Ugarte, in religion Manuel, of the Capuchin Friars Minor, was titular Bishop of Pomaria and Apostolic Vicar of Aguarico; he was born at Beizama, Spain, on 19 April 1920 and died in the area of Tigüino, Ecuador, on 21 July 1987. Pope Leo XIV recognised the offering of his life on 22 May 2025.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised the offering of his life in 2025.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2025
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.