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1909–1969 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Joseph Boissel, born on December 20, 1909, near Pontmain, in the hamlet of La Tiolais in the commune of Le Loroux in the Archdiocese of Rennes, Brittany, and murdered on July 5, 1969, near Hat Lêt, Laos, was a French and Breton Catholic missionary considered a blessed and martyr…

1816 · Modern

Joseph Ko Seong-un was a member of the Catholic Church who died by decapitation in Daegu in 1816. He is recognized as a blessed.

1569–1592 · Reformation

Joseph Lambton (1569–1592) was an English Catholic priest. He is honoured as a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Member of a prominent Durham family, Joseph Lambton was the second son of Thomas Lambton of Malton-in-Rydale, Yorkshire, and Katharine, daughter of Robert Birkhead…

1894–1944 · Contemporary

Joseph Müller (19 August 1894 – 11 September 1944) was a German Catholic priest and critic of the Nazi regime. He was tried by the People's Court and executed at Brandenburg-Görden Prison.

1720–1794 · Modern

Joseph Pellé (born January 20, 1720, in Laval; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1918–1954 · Contemporary

Joseph Thao Tiên (born December 5, 1918, in Houaphanh Province, Laos (Indochina); died June 2, 1954) was a Laotian Catholic priest assassinated in odium fidei during the persecution of Catholics by communist authorities.

1742–1792 · Modern

Joseph-Marie Gros (23 May 1742, Lyon - 3 September 1792, Paris) was a French secular cleric and clergy deputy to the Estates-General of 1789. After being ordained he received his theology doctorate and taught at the College of Navarre from 10 May 1785.

1747–1794 · Modern · Franciscans

Joséphine Leroux (23 January 1747 – 23 October 1794), born Anne-Josepha Leroux, was a French Poor Clare, executed during the French Revolution. She was born in Cambrai, France.

1869–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Aurelius Ample Alcaide, also known as Aurelius of Vinalesa, born José Ample Alcaide (February 3, 1896, in Vinalesa – August 28, 1936, in Foyos), was a Spanish Capuchin priest, Catholic blessed, martyr, and victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War.

1878–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

José Antón Gómez was a Spanish Catholic priest, Benedictine monk, author, and prior born in Hacinas in 1878. He died in Madrid in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

José Aparicio Sanz (March 12, 1893, Enguera, Valencia, Spain – December 29, 1936, Picadero de Paterna, Spain) was a Spanish priest, archpriest of Enguera, and a victim and one of the Spanish Martyrs of the 20th century during the religious persecution against the Catholic Church…

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

José Brengaret Pujol, C.M.F. (Sant Jordi Desvalls, January 18, 1913 – Barbastro, August 13, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

José Calasanz Marqués, SDB—sometimes spelled Marquéz or Margués—(November 23, 1872, in Azanuy; July 29, 1936, in Valencia) was a Spanish religious priest. On July 17, 1936, a military coup against the Second Spanish Republic began, marking the start of the Spanish Civil War.

1903–1936 · Contemporary

José Canet Giner was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in 1903. He died in Gandia in 1936 and has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

1903–1936 · Contemporary

José Fenollosa Alcayna was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in 1903 in Rafelbunyol. He died in 1936 in Sagunto and has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

1879–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Joachim Ferrer Adell, OFMCap., also known as Joachim of Albocácer (born Joaquín José Ferrer Adell on April 23, 1879, in Albocácer, Castellón; died August 30, 1936, in Villafamés, Archdiocese of Valencia), was a Spanish Blessed of the Catholic Church, a martyr, a friar of the Orde…

1904–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

José Ferrer Esteve, SchP (born February 17, 1904, in Algemesí; died December 9, 1936, in Llombai) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order, a victim of the anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei).

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Giuseppe Figuero Beltrán, C.M.F., born José Figuero Beltrán (Gumiel de Mercado, August 14, 1911 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

José Gafo Muñiz (Campomanes, Asturias, 1881 – Madrid, October 4, 1936) was a Spanish Dominican priest, politician, and trade unionist. He is a Christian martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, having been beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on October 28, 2007, after being killed for his…

1896–1936 · Contemporary

José García Mas was a Spanish Catholic born in 1896 and died in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

José González Huguet was a Spanish presbyter born in Valencia in 1874. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

José Amorós Hernández, C.M.F. (La Pobla Llarga, January 14, 1913 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

José María Badía Mateu, C.M.F. (Puigpelat, September 30, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

José María Blasco Juan, C.M.F. (Xàtiva, January 2, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1918–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

José María Cuartero Gascón, who took the religious name José María de Jesús y María, C.P. (Tabuenca, April 24, 1918 – Manzanares, October 23, 1936), was a brother of the Passionist Congregation murdered by anticlerical forces during the Spanish Civil War.

1879–1936 · Contemporary

José María Ferrándiz Hernández (born August 11, 1879, died September 24, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest in 1904. When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, he took refuge in a hotel. He was shot to death on September 24, 1936.

1905–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

José María Muro Sanmiguel was a Spanish friar of the Dominican Order born in Tarazona in 1905. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

José Ormo Seró, C.M.F. (Almatret, August 18, 1913 – Barbastro, August 13, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1889–1936 · Contemporary

José María Peris Polo (Cinctorres, Castellón, November 1, 1889 – Almazora, Castellón, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish diocesan priest, organist, composer, and choir director.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Giuseppe Ros Florensa (Els Torms, October 30, 1914 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1896–1936 · Contemporary

José María Segura Penadés was a Spanish presbyter of the Catholic Church born in 1896. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1882–1936 · Contemporary

José Máximo Moro Briz was born in 1882 in Santibáñez de Béjar and served as a Latin Catholic priest and parochus. He died in 1936 as one of the Spanish martyrs of the 20th century. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1820–1889 · Modern

José Olallo Valdés, OH (12 February 1820 – 7 March 1889) was a Cuban professed religious and a professed member from the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

Paschalis Carda Saporta, born José Pascual Carda Saporta (October 29, 1893, in Villarreal – September 4, 1936, in Oropesa), was a blessed priest, a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei) and recognized by th…

1909–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

José Pavón Bueno, C.M.F. (Cartagena, January 19, 1909 – Barbastro, August 12, 1936), was a Spanish priest who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

José Ramón Pascual Ferrer Botella (born November 9, 1894, in Algemesí, died September 24, 1936, in Albalat de la Ribera) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church.

1857–1936 · Contemporary

José Ruiz Bruixola was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in 1857. He died in Gilet in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1888–1936 · Contemporary

José Sala Picó (born June 24, 1888, in Ponts, died July 23, 1936, in Toledo) was a blessed priest, a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War. He was murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei) and recognized by the Catholic Church as a martyr.

1909–1936 · Contemporary

José Toledo Pellicer was a Spanish presbyter of the Catholic Church born in 1909. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed.

1887–1927 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

José Trinité Rangel, C.M.F. (Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, June 4, 1887 – April 25, 1927, León, Mexico) was a Catholic priest beatified by Benedict XVI in the city of Guadalajara. He belonged to the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Lucas de San José, born José Tristany Pujol, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who died a martyr for the faith in Barcelona at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, killed by republican militias.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Giuseppe di Gesù e Maria, born José Vicente Ormaechea y Apoitia (Nabarniz, September 1, 1880 – Villanueva del Arzobispo, September 4, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

José Estalayo García (San Martín de Perapertú, March 17, 1915 – Manzanares, July 23, 1936), better known by his religious name José of the Sacred Hearts, was a Spanish Passionist religious who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious persecution that broke out in…

1865–1936 · Contemporary

José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre was a Spanish Catholic priest born in Málaga in 1865. He died in Tahal in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1905–1942 · Contemporary

Józef Kut (21 January 1905 – 18 September 1942) was a Polish and Roman Catholic priest. He died in a Nazi concentration camp. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.

1582–1617 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Blessed John Baptist Machado de Távora (Portuguese: João Baptista Machado de Távora), born around 1581 in Angra, in the Azores (Portugal), and died (executed) on May 22, 1617, in Kōri (Nagasaki), Japan, was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary to Japan.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Juan Agramunt Riera, SchP (born February 14, 1907, in Almazora; died August 14, 1936, in the same place) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order, a victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei).

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Giovanni Baixeras Berenguer, C.M.F. (Castellterçol, November 21, 1913 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1861–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Juan Bautista Ferreres Boluda (Ollería, November 28, 1861 – Valencia, December 29, 1936) was a Spanish priest, Jesuit, theologian, moralist, canonist, and university professor.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Carbonell Mollá was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in Alicante in 1874. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.