Saint Bernabé de Jesús Méndez Montoya

Jesús Méndez Montoya (Tarímbaro, June 10, 1880 – Mexico, February 5, 1928) was a Mexican priest. As vicar of Valtierrilla, he was a victim of the Cristero War: on February 5, 1928, the Mexican army broke into his church and executed him by firing squad in the building's courtyard along with three other people. On May 21, 2000, he was proclaimed a saint by Pope John Paul II, along with 26 other Mexican blesseds.