Joaquín Balcells Bosch
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Joaquín Balcells Bosch was a diocesan priest of the Tarragona region, born at Espluga Calva near Tarragona on 16 September 1900, and was put to death on 13 November 1936 at the place the decree names in Latin as Fons Calidus. He was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis with Manuel Borrás Ferré, auxiliary bishop of Tarragona, and their companions.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A diocesan priest put to death in the persecution in Spain.
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
- Manuel Borrás Ferré Blessed“He was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis with Manuel Borrás Ferré, auxiliary bishop of Tarragona, and their companions.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 105 (2013), p. 779 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.