[1]   JOSÉ MARÍA GRAN CIRERA AND 9 COMPANIONS

        FROM THE DIOCESE OF EL QUICHÉ

04 June 1980 in Xeixojbitz, El Quiché (Guatemala)

1.    JOSÉ MARÍA GRAN CIRERA
        professed priest, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
        born:  27 April 1945 in Barcelona (Spain)

2.    DOMINGO DEL BARRIO BATZ

        layperson of the diocese of El Quiché; married

        born: ? in Ilom, El Quiché (Guatemala)

               

10 July 1980 in Joyabaj, El Quiché (Guatemala)

3.    FAUSTINO VILLANUEVA y VILLANUEVA
        professed priest, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
        born: 15 February 1931 in Yesa, Navarra (Spain)
       
       

06 September 1980 in Chajul, El Quiché (Guatemala)

4.    TOMÁS RAMÍREZ CABA
        layperson of the diocese of El Quiché; married
        born: 1934 in Chajul, El Quiché (Guatemala)
       
       

29 September 1980 in Los Plátanos, Chicamán, El Quiché (Guatemala)

5.    NICOLÁS TUM CASTRO QUIATAN
        layperson of the diocese of El Quiché; married
        born: ? in Los Plátanos, Chicamán, El Quiché (Guatemala)
               

       
14 November 1980 in Macalajau, Uspantán, El Quiché (Guatemala)

6.    REYES US HERNÁNDEZ
        layperson of the diocese of El Quiché; married
        born: ? in Macalajau, Uspantán, El Quiché (Guatemala)
   

? 1980 in Segundo Centro de la Vega, Zacualpa, El Quiché (Guatemala)

7.     JUAN BARRERA MÉNDEZ
        child of the diocese of El Quiché
        born: 1968 in Segundo Centro de la Vega, Zacualpa, El Quiché (Guatemala)
   

15 February 1981 in La Barranca, El Quiché (Guatemala)

8.     JUAN ALONSO FERNÁNDEZ
        professed priest, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
        born: 29 November 1933 in Cuérigo, Asturias (Spain)
   

22 July 1982 in La Puerta, Chinique, El Quiché (Guatemala)
   

9.    ROSALÍO BENITO
        layperson of the diocese of El Quiché
        born: 1902 in La Puerta, Chinique, El Quiché (Guatemala)
   
   

31 October 1991 in Parraxtut, Sacapulas, El Quiché (Guatemala)

10.  MIGUEL TIU IMUL
        layperson of the diocese of El Quiché; married
        born: 1926 in Parraxtut, Sacapulas, El Quiché (Guatemala)    
    

        competent diocese: El Quiché

        CCS protocol number: 2791

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 21 July 2007

        nihil obstat: 04 September 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Joaquín Herrera Bayon, msc

        petitioner: Diócesis de Quiché, 5 calle 3-12 zona 5, Santa Cruz del Quiché, El Quiché,  14001, GUATEMALA

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