Blessed Diego Llorca Llopis

Didacus Llorca Llopis (born July 2, 1896, in Oliva; died September 6, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. He was baptized the day after his birth, on July 3, 1896. In 1910, at the age of 14, he served as an altar boy at the San Roque parish. In 1913, at the age of 17, he entered the seminary in Valencia, and in 1925 he was ordained a priest. He was murdered during the Spanish Civil War at the age of 40. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001, as part of the group of Joseph Aparicio Sanz and 232 companions.