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Hermógenes López Coarchita
Guatemalan parish priest killed in 1978
Servant of GodFull write-upGuatemala
Born
16 September 1928
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Died
30 June 1978
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Parish priest of San José Pinula, known for his poverty and his closeness to his people; he was killed on 30 June 1978.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
His cause, for martyrdom, opened in the archdiocese of Guatemala on 27 December 2007.
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.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.