José Carlos Parra Pires
Brazilian parish priest killed in a road accident
Who they were
His birth date is left open: the diocese says he died at thirty-two, which does not fit the Hagiography Circle's date of 14 August 1954.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
A priest of the diocese of Umuarama in Paraná who died in a road crash on the PR-681, now named after him; his diocese calls him Servant of God and offers Mass for his canonisation. The diocesan inquiry opened on 9 February 2021.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.