Francisco Carceller Galindo
Feast: 2 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near Castellón de la Plana on the Spanish coast, Blesseds Francisco Carceller, of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools, and Isidoro Bover Oliver, of the Society of Diocesan Worker Priests, priests and martyrs: during the persecution, they completed their martyrdom, shot out of hatred for the priesthood in front of the cemetery wall.
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 2 October as a Piarist priest shot near Castellón de la Plana out of hatred for the priesthood.
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.
Connected on this site
- Isidoro Bover Oliver Blessed“Near Castellón de la Plana on the Spanish coast, Blesseds Francisco Carceller, of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools, and Isidoro Bover Oliver, of the Society of Diocesan Worker Priests, priests and martyrs: during the persecution, they completed their martyrdom, shot out of hatred for the priesthood…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 2 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q23943040 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.