Domingo del Barrio Batz
Lay sacristan, martyr in Guatemala
Who they were
Born on 26 January 1951 at Cantón Ilom, near Chajul in Guatemala, he was married with three children and was asked by Father José María Gran Cirera to keep the sacristy and to go with him on pastoral visits to the villages of the parish, sharing his work, his hardships and his danger; he was killed with him on 4 June 1980. Pope Francis beatified him with José María Gran Cirera and his nine companions on 23 April 2021.
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 died with Father José María Gran Cirera on 4 June 1980.
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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 112 (2020), p. 1129 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - giuseppe-maria-gran-cirera-e-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 23 April 2021
- Wikidata Q103916296 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.