Manuel Molina Estepa
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Manuel Molina Estepa was a diocesan priest, born at Andújar on 22 June 1878 and parish priest of San Francisco de Asís in Linares, who was killed on 19 August 1936 at the age of 58. 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 19 August 1936 while serving as parish priest of San Francisco de Asís in Linares.
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.