Rafael Vinagre Torres-Muñoz
Priest of the Congregation of the Mission, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
A priest born at Feria, in the province of Badajoz, on 24 October 1867, he had already lived through persecution in the Philippines, where he taught in a seminary, and under Plutarco Calles in Mexico. He was arrested on 26 July 1936 and killed later that year, and Pope Francis beatified him with Vicente Queralt Lloret and his twenty companions on 11 November 2017.
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 had already known persecution in the Philippines and in Mexico before being arrested and killed 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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 110 (2018), p. 3 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - martiri-spagnoli-vincenziani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 November 2017
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.