Miguel Borrero Picón
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Miguel Borrero Picón was born at Beas in Huelva on 6 December 1873, was ordained priest on 19 November 1903 and was appointed assistant priest of Utrera on 26 February 1923. He was arrested in his parish on 19 July 1936 and killed in the local prison on 26 July. Pope Francis beatified him on 18 November 2023.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was arrested in his parish and put to death in the prison of Utrera a week later.
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 116 (2024), p. 1085 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - manuel-gonzalez-serna-rodriguez-e-19-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 18 November 2023
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.