Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre
Mexican bishop
The Vatican record
- 7 February 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)
Who they were
Jesús María Echavarría Aguirre (6 July 1858 – 5 April 1954) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Saltillo from 1904 until his death. He was also the founder of the Guadalupan Catechists Sisters. He was an ardent devotee to the Mother of God and attentive to the needs of local parishes; his pastoral mission consisted of improving parish conditions and focusing on alleviating the plight of the poor in his diocese.
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The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q13422888 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Jesús María Echavarría Aguirre (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.