Elías del Socorro Nieves
Mexican Priest
Feast: 10 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near the town of Cortázar in Mexico, Blessed Elías del Socorro (Mateo Elías) Nieves del Castillo, priest of the Order of Friars of Saint Augustine and martyr, who, while the persecution raged, was arrested because he was secretly exercising his ministry and died by shooting in hatred of the priesthood.
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 10 March as an Augustinian priest and martyr shot near Cortázar in Mexico in hatred of the priesthood.
The cause
Elías del Socorro Nieves has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Augustinians: the cause of Blessed Elias del Socorro Nieves.
Connected on this site
- José Eusebio Arnulfo de Jesús and José Marcelino Anastacio de los Dolores Sierra Vera (the Sierra brothers) Servant of God“The two lay brothers from Cortazar, Guanajuato (born 1894 and 1897), sheltered and assisted the Augustinian Blessed Elías del Socorro Nieves in his clandestine ministry and were shot with him on 10 March 1928.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 10 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3051935 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.