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Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría
Spanish Roman Catholic bishop, martyr and blessed (1882-1936)
Feast: 22 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
During the Spanish Civil War Catholic people faced persecution from the Republican faction of the war, in part due to their support of the nationalists and the recently abolished monarchy. The Catholic Church venerates them as martyrs. More than 6,800 clerics and other Catholic people were killed in what has been dubbed the Red Terror. As of December 2025, 2,255 Spanish martyrs have been beatified; 11 of them being canonized. For some 2,000 additional martyrs, the beatification process is underway.
Summary of the Wikipedia article Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, which covers Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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
- Félix González Bustos Blessed“Félix González Bustos was a priest born on 23 February 1903 at Alcubillas in the diocese of Ciudad Real and ordained in 1927, and is named in the Dicastery's list of the martyrs of the cause of Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría, bishop, and ten companions.” — this site's research
- Josafat Rocco Blessed“Josafat Rocco was a religious baptised on 8 December 1899 in the parish of Saint Vincent Martyr of Navagos in the province of Burgos, and is named in the Dicastery's list of the martyrs of the cause of Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría, bishop, and ten companions.” — this site's research
- Justo Arevalo y Mora Blessed“Justo Arevalo y Mora was a priest born on 19 July 1869 at Miguelturra in the diocese of Ciudad Real and ordained in 1895, and is named in the Dicastery's list of the martyrs of the cause of Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría, bishop, and ten companions.” — this site's research
- Pedro Buitrago Morales Blessed“Pedro Buitrago Morales was a priest born on 24 January 1883 at La Solana in the diocese of Ciudad Real and ordained in 1908, and is named in the Dicastery's list of the martyrs of the cause of Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría, bishop, and ten companions.” — this site's research
- Santi e Beati — Beato Narciso de Estenaga y Echevarria — Listed as "Beato Narciso de Estenaga y Echevarria", Logroño, Spagna, 29 ottobre 1882 - Ciudad Real, Spagna, 22 a — Vescovo e martire 22 agosto
- Wikidata Q1965153 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.