Pere Tarrés i Claret
Spanish physician (1905-1950)
Feast: 31 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Pere Tarrés i Claret was born at Manresa on 30 May 1905 to exemplary believing parents; his father was a mechanic and the family moved often. His father died in 1925 and soon after his mother was permanently disabled by an accident.
A doctor and member of Catholic Action, after his mother's death he studied for the priesthood and was ordained on 30 May 1942, serving as a curate and then as his bishop directed.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A lay doctor of Catholic Action who became a priest to serve souls as he had served bodies.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Pere Tarrés i Claret
- Wikidata Q11815629 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pere Tarrés i Claret (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.