Antonio Lorca Muñoz
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Antonio Lorca Muñoz was born on 29 November 1885 at Zurgena, and was ordained priest in 1910.
He was killed on 1 September 1936 at Pozo de la Lagarta, and Pope Francis beatified him on 25 March 2017 among José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre and 114 companions, diocesan priests and lay faithful killed between 1936 and 1938.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that he was killed on 1 September 1936 at Pozo de la Lagarta during the persecution in Spain.
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.
Connected on this site
- José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre Blessed“He was killed on 1 September 1936 at Pozo de la Lagarta, and Pope Francis beatified him on 25 March 2017 among José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre and 114 companions, diocesan priests and lay faithful killed between 1936 and 1938.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 109 (2017), p. 1127 - decree on martyrdom
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 110 (2018), p. 45 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 25 March 2017
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.