Cándido Casals Sunyer
Claretian priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Cándido Casals Sunyer was born on 22 August 1889 at Nou de Berguedá in the province of Barcelona, entered the Claretian Congregation in 1907, made his first profession on 8 September 1913 and was ordained priest on 20 May 1920.
He was killed on 29 July 1936 at Barcelona, and Pope Francis beatified him on 21 October 2017 among the 109 Spanish Claretian martyrs.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints records that he was killed on 29 July 1936 at Barcelona 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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 109-martiri-spagnoli-clarettiani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 21 October 2017
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.