María Isabel González del Valle Sarandeses
Spanish laywoman, co-founder of the Missionaries of the Rural Doctrines
Who they were
Born in Oviedo into a wealthy Asturian family, she was the chief collaborator of Blessed Tiburcio Arnáiz SJ and with him co-founded the Obra de las Doctrinas Rurales, lay missionaries evangelising remote villages and poor neighbourhoods.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Diocese of Málaga opened her cause of canonization on 18 November 2023 at the church of the Sagrado Corazón in Málaga.
The cause
María Isabel González del Valle Sarandeses 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 María Isabel González del Valle Sarandeses.
- España. Se abre la causa de canonización de María Isabel González del Valle – Vatican News
- Causa de Beatificación de María Isabel González del Valle Sarandeses (official cause website)
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.