Saint Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo

Saint

Feast Day

January 17

Born

September 19, 1886

Died

January 1, 1927

Canonized

21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico

Beatified

22 November 1992 by Pope John Paul II

Biography

Saint Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo, also known as Saint Januario Sánchez Delgadillo, was born on 19 September 1886 in Zapopán, in the diocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. From a young age, he felt called to the priesthood and entered the seminary in Guadalajara. After years of dedicated study and discernment, Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo was ordained as a priest in 1911....

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