Francisco Javier Butinyà Hospital
Catalan Jesuit who founded the Servants and the Daughters of St Joseph
Who they were
A Jesuit from Banyoles who founded, with St Bonifacia Rodríguez, the Servants of St Joseph at Salamanca in 1874 and later the Daughters of St Joseph; he died at Tarragona in 1899.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The nihil obstat was given on 15 November 2006 and the diocesan inquiry ran in Girona from 17 February 2007 to its closing in 2019, reported by the Daughters of St Joseph.
The cause
Francisco Javier Butinyà Hospital is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Francisco Javier Butinyà Hospital.
- Clausura de la etapa diocesana de la causa de canonización del P. Butinyà – Hijas de San José
- Ana María, sierva de San José: «Podemos transformar el mundo desde el trabajo sencillo» – Alfa y Omega
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.