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Sebastià Gayà Riera

Majorcan priest, a founder of the Cursillos in Christianity movement

Servant of GodFull write-upSpain
Born
30 July 1913
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Died
23 December 2007
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

Ordained in Majorca in 1937, he founded the School of Propagandists of the diocesan Catholic Action youth council and with Eduardo Bonnín launched the Cursillos in Christianity.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

Cardinal Carlos Osoro, archbishop of Madrid, presided at the solemn opening of the diocesan phase of his cause on 13 September 2022.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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