Aquilino Pastor Cambero
Priest of the Fraternity of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Sacred Heart, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Aquilino Pastor Cambero was born at Zarza de Granadilla on 4 January 1911, entered the Fraternity's house of probation in 1934 and was ordained priest in the cathedral of Plasencia on 25 August 1935, spending his single year of ministry as prefect and teacher in the seminary at Baeza; he was killed at Úbeda on 28 August 1936, cheerful to the end and proclaiming Christ the King. He was beatified on 30 October 2021 by Pope Francis among Francisco Cástor Sojo López and three companions.
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 for his priesthood, not for any political cause, during the persecution of the Church 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
- Francisco Cástor Sojo López Blessed“He was beatified on 30 October 2021 by Pope Francis among Francisco Cástor Sojo López and three companions.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 113 (2021), p. 890 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 30 October 2021
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.