Saint José María Díaz Sanjurjo

Also known as

• Joseph Diaz Sanjurjo

Memorial

• 20 July
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Viet Nam

Profile

Dominican priest, ordained on 23 March 1844. Missionary to Manila, Philippines, and then to Viet Nam. Coadjutor vicar apostolic of Central Tonking, Viet Nam and titular bishop of Plataea on 5 September 1848. One of the Martyrs of Viet Nam.

Born

• 26 October 1818 at Santa Eulalia, Spain

Died

• martyred on 20 July 1857 in Viet Nam

Venerable

• 11 February 1951 by Pope Pius XII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 29 April 1951 by Pope Pius XII

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint José María Díaz Sanjurjo”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 March 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-jose-maria-diaz-sanjurjo/>