José Manuel de Lemus Garzón
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
José Manuel de Lemus Garzón was a priest, born at Andújar on 24 February 1867 and ordained on 28 June 1891, who was chaplain of the monastery of the Minim nuns at Andújar and was killed there between 10 and 11 October 1936. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Killed at Andújar between 10 and 11 October 1936 while serving as chaplain of the monastery of the Minim nuns.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.