Bonifacio Bonillo Fernández
Hospitaller brother of St John of God known in Córdoba as 'Fray Garbanzo'
Who they were
Brother of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, born at Cañaveruelas in Cuenca and known in Córdoba as 'Fray Garbanzo' for his lifelong work with children.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocese of Córdoba formally opened the diocesan phase of his beatification cause in the chapel of the San Juan de Dios hospital in Córdoba on 18 December 2022.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- John of God Saint“Brother of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, born at Cañaveruelas in Cuenca and known in Córdoba as 'Fray Garbanzo' for his lifelong work with children.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.