José María Escoto Ruiz
Carmelite novice, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
José María Escoto Ruiz was born on 10 August 1878 at Atotonilco el Alto in Jalisco, in the archdiocese of Guadalajara; he had married in 1926 but, having obtained an indult of the Holy See, he set out for the consecrated life, as his wife did too, beginning his novitiate in 1935.
He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Ángel María Prat Hostench and his sixteen companions of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, killed in 1936.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom names him among the Carmelites killed in the persecution in Spain in 1936.
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
- Ángel María Prat Hostench Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Ángel María Prat Hostench and his sixteen companions of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, killed in 1936.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 850 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.