Luis Padilla
Feast: 1 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Luis Padilla Gómez was born at Guadalajara on 9 December 1899. He entered the seminary in 1917 but left in 1921, unsure of his vocation, and gave up teaching to give free lessons to poor children and young people.
A founding member of the Mexican Catholic Youth Association, he practised his faith openly and was devoted to Our Lady. He shed his blood with Anacleto González Flores and the Vargas González brothers in 1927.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A young teacher who taught poor children for free and died for the faith.
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.
Connected on this site
- Anacleto González Flores Blessed“He shed his blood with Anacleto González Flores and the Vargas González brothers in 1927.” — this site's research
- Jorge Raimundo Vargas González Blessed“He was killed with Anacleto, his brother Ramón and Luis Padilla Gómez in 1927.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Luis Padilla Gómez
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 20 November 2005
- Wikidata Q11730104 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.