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Blessed Luis Echevarría Gorostiaga

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

September 22

Born

August 26, 1895

Died

September 1, 22

Beatified

28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Religious Order

Franciscan

Venerated

28 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Luis Echevarría Gorostiaga was born on 26 August 1895 in Ceánuri, Vizcaya, Spain. On the same day he was baptized in the Catholic Church, which would become a significant influence in his life. As a young man, Luis Echevarría Gorostiaga felt called to religious life and pursued his studies at the Seraphic College of Chipiona in Cadiz, Spain.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2007-10-28 by 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Feast Days

September 22November 6
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