José Becerra Sánchez
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
José Becerra Sánchez was born at Alhama de Granada on 7 March 1875 and ordained priest on 26 March 1902; imprisoned and ill-treated, he was killed on an unrecorded day in August 1936 after offering himself in place of a boy. He was beatified on 26 February 2022 by Pope Francis among Cayetano Giménez Martín and fifteen companions.
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 was put to death in hatred of the faith during the persecution of the Church 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
- Cayetano Giménez Martín Blessed“He was beatified on 26 February 2022 by Pope Francis among Cayetano Giménez Martín and fifteen companions.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 112 (2020), p. 947 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 26 February 2022
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.