Blessed Joan Roig I Diggle
Feast Day
11-Sep
Born
12 May 1917 in Barcelona, Spain
Died
Shot multiple times over the night of 11 to 12 September 1936 in the cemetery of Sant Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona, Spain; interred in a chapel in the parish of San Pere de Masnou, Catalonia, Spain
Beatified
7 November 2020 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated in the Basilica of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, presided by Cardinal Joan Josep Omella Omella
Venerated
2 October 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom
Biography
Blessed Joan Roig I Diggle, born on 12 May 1917 in Barcelona, Spain, was a devout Catholic young man who lived during a turbulent period in Spanish history. He was the son of Ramón Roig Fuente and Maud Diggle Puckering, born into a humble and impoverished family.
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