Josep Maria Gran Cirera
Spanish priest, missionary and martyr
Feast: 4 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
José María Gran Cirera (born 27 April 1945 in Barcelona, died 4 June 1980 in Xeixojbitz, Quiché Department) was a Spanish Catholic priest serving in Guatemala, a missionary, member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, martyr, victim of the Guatemalan Civil War, and a Blessed of the Catholic Church.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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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 - Giuseppe Maria Gran Cirera e 9 Compagni — "Giuseppe Maria Gran Cirera e 9 Compagni (+1980-1991) - 4 giugno", Sacred Heart missionaries killed in Guatemala; martyrdom decree 23 January 2020, beatified 23 April 2021.
- Wikidata Q83880810 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — José María Gran Cirera (CC BY-SA)
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