Juan Alonso Fernández
Missionary of the Sacred Heart, martyr in Guatemala
Who they were
Born at Cuérigo in Asturias on 28 November 1933, he made his first profession in the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1953 and was ordained priest on 11 June 1960; sent that same year to Guatemala, he served in parishes of the diocese of Quiché, spent 1963 to 1965 in Indonesia, and on his return founded the parish of Santa María Reina at Lancetillo. He was tortured and killed at La Barranca on 15 February 1981.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that he was tortured and killed at La Barranca.
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 112 (2020), p. 1129 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - giuseppe-maria-gran-cirera-e-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 23 April 2021
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.