Juan Ignacio Muñoz Nieto
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Juan Ignacio Muñoz Nieto was a priest, born on 21 December 1896 and ordained on 26 March 1921, who was assistant parish priest of Beas de Segura and was killed on the death train at the Atocha station in Madrid on 12 August 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 the death train at the Atocha station in Madrid on 12 August 1936 while serving as assistant parish priest of Beas de Segura.
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 - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.