Millán Garde Serrano
Priest of the Fraternity of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Sacred Heart, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Millán Garde Serrano was born at Vara del Rey on 21 December 1876, was ordained priest on 21 December 1901 and taught and guided seminarians at Toledo, Badajoz, Cuernavaca, Querétaro, Valladolid, Salamanca, Astorga, Plasencia and León; he died in the prison at Cuenca on 7 July 1938 from the conditions and the ill-treatment he suffered. He was beatified on 30 October 2021 by Pope Francis among Francisco Cástor Sojo López and three companions.
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 killed for his priesthood, not for any political cause, during the persecution of the Church in Spain.
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
- Francisco Cástor Sojo López Blessed“He was beatified on 30 October 2021 by Pope Francis among Francisco Cástor Sojo López and three companions.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 113 (2021), p. 889 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 30 October 2021
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.