Eleuterio Prado Villarroel
Oblate religious, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Eleuterio Prado Villarroel was born on 20 February 1915 at Prioro in the province and diocese of León and made his first religious profession on 25 April 1935. Held with the whole community of Pozuelo de Alarcón on 22 July 1936 and released, he was arrested again on 15 October 1936, taken first to the Modelo prison in Madrid and then to that of St Anthony, and killed with twelve of his confreres at Paracuellos de Jarama on 28 November 1936; he was beatified with the Spanish martyrs of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on 17 December 2011 by Benedict XVI.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Released once, arrested again, and killed with twelve of his confreres in 1936.
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 - martiri-spagnoli-missionari-oblati-di-maria-immacolata
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 17 December 2011
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.