Francisco Javier Bellido
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Francisco Javier Bellido was a diocesan priest, born at Andújar on 3 December 1882 and ordained on 23 September 1905, who had charge of the parish of San Miguel at Andújar and was killed on the road to Villanueva de la Reina on 24 September 1936. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Killed on the road to Villanueva de la Reina on 24 September 1936 while in charge of the parish of San Miguel at Andújar.
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 - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.