Blessed José María Gran Cirera
Feast Day
4-Jun
Born
27 April 1945 in Barcelona, Spain
Died
Shot on 4 June 1980 in Xeixojbitz, Quiché, Guatemala
Beatified
23 April 2021 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
Venerated
23 January 2020 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed José María Gran Cirera, a devoted Missionary of the Sacred Heart, dedicated his life to serving the marginalized with unwavering faith. Born in Spain, he made his religious profession with the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart on 8 September 1969. He was ordained a priest in Valladolid, Spain, on 9 June 1972, and subsequently served as parish priest in Valencia, where he cultivated a deep pastoral care for his community. In 1975, responding to the call of his vocation, he was dispatched to Guatemala, a nation marked by profound social injustice. There, he immersed himself in the lives of
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