Juan Bautista Torrents Figueras
Claretian priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Juan Bautista Torrents Figueras was born on 8 December 1873 at La Secuita in the province of Tarragona, entered the Claretian Congregation in 1885, and was ordained priest in September 1897 with a dispensation for not having reached the canonical age.
He was killed on 17 March 1937 at Montcada, and Pope Francis beatified him on 21 October 2017 among the 109 Spanish Claretian martyrs.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints records that he was killed on 17 March 1937 at Montcada during the persecution in Spain.
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 - 109-martiri-spagnoli-clarettiani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 21 October 2017
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.