Salvador Valera Parra
Spanish Catholic priest
The Vatican record
- 17 March 2021 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2021)
- 20 June 2025 — Miracle through their intercession approved (decree list, 2025)
Who they were
Salvador Valera Parra was born at Huércal-Overa, in the province of Almería, Spain, on 27 February 1816, and ordained on 13 March 1840. He died on 15 March 1889.
The miracles
Tyquan Hall — Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA — 14 January 2007
A baby boy was born by emergency caesarean at 36 weeks at the Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, blue, not breathing, with a very low heart rate and no pulse. An hour later, after the doctor had tried to resuscitate him the whole time, no heartbeat could be heard, and the doctor, who had a sincere devotion to Father Salvador, prayed spontaneously for his intercession. Shortly afterwards the baby revived, and he was healed.
Why that counted as sanctity
The case of Tyquan Hall was examined by the Church's doctors and theologians and approved as a miracle on 20 June 2025, opening the way to beatification.
The cause
Salvador Valera Parra has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Salvador Valera Parra.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography of Blessed Salvador Valera Parra, with the miracle
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q5794859 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Salvador Valera Parra (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.