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Francisco Morales Collado

Diocesan priest of Jaén, martyr of the persecution in Spain

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

1936

Beatified

13 December 2025

by Leo XIV

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Francisco Morales Collado was born at Castillo de Locubín on 16 February 1894 and was parish priest of Mengíbar. He died on 3 September 1936 at the age of forty-two. Pope Leo XIV beatified him on 13 December 2025.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

He was atrociously tortured before he died.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.