José Acosta Alemán
Priest of the Congregation of the Mission, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Born at Cartagena on 27 May 1880, he was a missionary in China and in July 1936 was chaplain of the hospital and home of the Daughters of Charity at Totana, near Murcia; he died in the prison of Totana on 31 January 1937. Pope Francis beatified him with Vicente Queralt Lloret and his twenty companions on 11 November 2017.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that he died in the prison of Totana.
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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 110 (2018), p. 3 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - martiri-spagnoli-vincenziani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 November 2017
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.