Vicente Jovaní Ávila
Priest of the Diocesan Worker Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Vicente Jovaní Ávila was born at Benicarló, in the province of Castellón and the diocese of Tortosa, on 5 December 1902 and was ordained priest on 24 June 1928, having already joined the Brotherhood the year before. For nine years he was prefect of the seminarians at Valencia, Burgos, Valladolid and Tarragona, and he died a martyr at Moncada, near Barcelona, on 5 December 1936. Pope Francis beatified him on 13 October 2013, among the martyrs of Joaquín Jovaní Marín and fourteen companions of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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 died a martyr at Moncada, near Barcelona, on 5 December 1936.
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
- Joaquín Jovaní Marín Blessed“Pope Francis beatified him on 13 October 2013, among the martyrs of Joaquín Jovaní Marín and fourteen companions of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 106 (2014), p. 7 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.