Diogo de Carvalho
Portuguese missionary
Feast: 22 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the city of Sendai in Japan, Blessed Diogo de Carvalho, priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, after insults, prison and exhausting journeys made in the depths of winter, finally subjected to the torture of icy water, confessed Christ with fearless faith together with many companions.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 22 February as a Jesuit priest who died by the torture of icy water at Sendai, confessing Christ with many companions.
The cause
Diogo de Carvalho has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Jesuits: the cause of Diogo de Carvalho.
- Roman Martyrology, 22 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1226831 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Diogo de Carvalho (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.