Jorge Raimundo Vargas González
Mexican
Feast: 1 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Jorge Vargas González was born at Ahualulco, Jalisco, on 28 September 1899, the son of a doctor. Working for the hydroelectric company during the persecution, he made his home a refuge for hunted priests.
At the end of March 1927 his family took in Anacleto González Flores, knowing what it might cost. He was killed with Anacleto, his brother Ramón and Luis Padilla Gómez in 1927.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A young man who sheltered hunted priests and died with them.
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
- Anacleto González Flores Blessed“At the end of March 1927 his family took in Anacleto González Flores, knowing what it might cost.” — this site's research
- Luis Padilla Blessed“He was killed with Anacleto, his brother Ramón and Luis Padilla Gómez in 1927.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Jorge Vargas González
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 20 November 2005
- Wikidata Q16562892 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.