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Diego Rodríguez Carrascosa
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
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Born
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unknown
Died
1936
Beatified
13 December 2025
by Leo XIV
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Diego Rodríguez Carrascosa was a priest, born at Castellar de Santisteban on 19 July 1871 and ordained on 22 December 1900, who was chaplain of the collegiate church of Castellar and was killed at Torreperogil on 6 November 1936. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Killed at Torreperogil on 6 November 1936 while serving as chaplain of the collegiate church of Castellar.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata Rfdbf0a8e — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.