Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio
The Vatican record
- 22 January 2026 — Martyrdom recognised (decree list, 2026)
Who they were
Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio was a professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, born in Guatemala City on 5 November 1937 and killed there in hatred of the faith on 7 November 1983. Pope Leo XIV recognised his martyrdom on 22 January 2026.
The Dicastery's biography says he was guardian and parish priest of San Francisco el Grande in Antigua Guatemala; in June 1983 he was arrested and tortured for helping a peasant obtain an amnesty, and after months of death threats he was murdered on the outskirts of Guatemala City.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised him as a martyr in 2026.
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 - biography: Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 7 November 2026
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2026
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio
- 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.