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Lorenzo Insa Celma

Priest of the Diocesan Worker Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, martyr of the persecution in Spain

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

1936

Beatified

13 October 2013

by Francis

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Lorenzo Insa Celma was born at Calaceite, in the province of Teruel and the diocese of Tortosa, on 18 June 1874, was ordained priest on 30 May 1901 and joined the Brotherhood in 1902. He taught in the seminaries of Zaragoza and Córdoba, and he was shot at Tortosa on 2 September 1936. Pope Francis beatified him on 13 October 2013, among the martyrs of Joaquín Jovaní Marín and fourteen companions of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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 shot at Tortosa on 2 September 1936.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Connected on this site

Joaquín Jovaní Marín Blessed
“Pope Francis beatified him on 13 October 2013, among the martyrs of Joaquín Jovaní Marín and fourteen companions of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.” — this site's research

Sources

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