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José Sánchez Alabarces

Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

1936

Beatified

13 December 2025

by Leo XIV

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

José Sánchez Alabarces was a priest, born at Noalejo in the province of Jaén on 10 January 1871 and ordained on 19 May 1894, who was confessor to the Poor Clares and Franciscan tertiaries of Alcalá la Real and was killed on 4 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 on 4 October 1936 while serving as confessor to the Poor Clares and Franciscan tertiaries of Alcalá la Real.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.