Antonio Amundarain Garmendia
Basque priest who founded the secular institute Alliance in Jesus through Mary
Who they were
A priest of the diocese of Vitoria, born at Elduaien in Guipúzcoa, he founded the secular institute Alianza en Jesús por María for consecrated laywomen living in the world.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.
Why that counted as sanctity
His cause was opened in Madrid in 1982 and the decree on his heroic virtues was promulgated on 25 June 1996; the institute's own site calls him Venerable.
The cause
Antonio Amundarain Garmendia has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Antonio Amundarain Garmendia.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.