Antonio Montañés Chiquero
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Antonio Montañés Chiquero was born at Alcalá la Real on 17 June 1870 and ordained a priest on 27 May 1893; he served as assistant parish priest at Castillo de Locubín and then as parish priest of Las Riveras, of Charilla, of Villacarrillo and finally of Santa María at Alcalá la Real, and was killed on 12 September 1936. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Killed on 12 September 1936 while serving as parish priest of Santa María at Alcalá la Real.
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 - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.