María del Carmen González Ramos
Spanish religious (1834–1899)
Feast: 8 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
María del Carmen González Ramos was born at Antequera, Málaga, on 30 June 1834, sixth of nine children of a Christian family, and was loved from childhood for her goodness, kindness and lively intelligence.
As Mother Carmen of the Child Jesus she founded the Franciscan Tertiary Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A kind-hearted woman of Antequera who founded Franciscan sisters devoted to the Sacred Hearts.
The cause
María del Carmen González Ramos has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts: the beatification of Mother Carmen.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Carmen del Niño Jesús González Ramos
- Wikidata Q459565 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — María del Carmen González-Ramos García-Prieto de Muñoz (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.