Pedro Carballo Corrales
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Pedro Carballo Corrales was born at Ubrique in Cádiz on 10 November 1886, was ordained priest for the diocese of Seville on 18 December 1910 and was made parish priest of Santa María of Guadalcanal on 15 October 1919. Arrested in his parish on 20 July 1936, he was taken with other prisoners to the cemetery of Guadalcanal, where he was shot and buried on 6 August 1936. 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 shot in the cemetery of Guadalcanal.
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. 3 - 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.