Juan Vallés Anguera
Priest of the Sodality of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Heart of Jesus, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Juan Vallés Anguera was born on 21 December 1872 at Darmós, in the province of Tarragona and the diocese of Tortosa; he entered the Sodality of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Heart of Jesus on 26 August 1897, was ordained priest on 7 June 1898, and spent his ministry fostering vocations to the priesthood at Murcia, Burgos, Valencia, Cuernavaca in Mexico, Jaen, Barcelona, Segovia, Tarragona, Seville, Tortosa and Belchite. He died a martyr in his home village of Darmos on 9 August 1936, and was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was killed in his own home village of Darmos on 9 August 1936, after nearly forty years of work for priestly vocations.
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 106 (2014), p. 305 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.