José García Librán
Diocesan priest of Avila, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
José García Librán was born on 18 August 1909 in the village of Herreruela de Oropesa near Toledo, then in the diocese of Avila, was ordained priest in 1933 and served in several parishes; the decree calls him a man of deeply upright character who stood out above all in his care of the sick and the poor. He was killed on 14 August 1936 at Gavilanes, where he was parish priest, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree says he was killed without any public charge against him, simply for his faith and his ministry in the Church.
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 106 (2014), p. 121 - 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.