Servant of God José Gálvez Ginachero

José Gálvez Ginachero (29 September 1866 - 29 April 1952) was a Spanish Roman Catholic doctor. Gálvez Ginachero studied in Granada and Madrid in medicine where he obtained excellent results before doing additional studies in Berlin and Paris. His return to his hometown saw him implement practices he learnt in Europe that not all doctors followed in terms of sanitation in order to reduce patient deaths. He was a distinguished doctor noted for his care for the poor and his meticulous attention to medical practices. This earned him accolades in recognition of his importance to the Málaga social arena and earn him praise from the nation's monarchs. The beatification process for "San José" - as some people referred to him as in life - opened in the 2000s thus enabling for him to be titled as a Servant of God. José Gálvez Ginachero was born in Málaga on 29 September 1866 to José de Gálvez Andujar and Carmen Ginachero Vulpius. Gálvez Ginachero did his initial studies in the Colegio de San Rafael and then attended high school before he graduated after obtaining his diploma in 1882. He then entered into the college in Granada after enrolling in the medical department and graduated there in 1888 before relocating to Madrid to pursue his doctorate at the college there. He obtained his PhD "cum laude" and then from 1890 until 1892 did additional studies in Berlin and Paris in order to broaden his medical expertise and studied under doctors such as Louis Hubert Farabeuf. Ginachero then returned to his native Málaga where he began tending to the poor and to those who were unable to afford proper medical care. In 1893 he joined the Provincial Civil Hospital in Málaga and would remain there until 1951. In 1904 he married María Moll Sampelayo (d. 1934) and the couple had three children together: Gálvez Ginachero was meticulous in his medical duties and was known for having been mild-mannered with a good sense of humor.