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David Uribe Velasco
Mexican priest (1888-1927)
SaintResearchedMexicoDocumented cause
Feast: 12 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1889
Died
1927
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
21 May 2000
unverified
Who they were
Near San José in the region of Chilpancingo in Mexico, Saint David Uribe, priest and martyr, who in a time of persecution against the Church suffered martyrdom for Christ the King.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 12 April as a Mexican priest martyred for Christ the King in a time of persecution.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9202843 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.