Saint Agustin Caloca Cortes
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- Also known as
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Agustin Caloca
Augustine Caloca
- Memorial
- 25 May
- Profile
- Studied at the seminary in Guadalajara until it was closed down by anti-clerical government forces.
Resumed his studies in the covert Auxiliary Seminary of Our Lady of Guadalajara founded by Saint Cristobal Magallanes.
Ordained on 5 August 1923.
Prefect of the Auxiliary Seminary.
Arrested for his continued religious work, and for unfounded suspicion of involvement in the armed Cristeros rebellion.
Martyred with Saint Cristobal Magallanes.
One of the Martyrs of the Cristera War.
- Born
- 5 May 1898 at Teul, Zecatecas, Mexico
- Died
- shot on 25 May 1927 at Colotitlan, Jalisco, Mexico;
relics at the chapel at Teul, Zecatecas
- Beatified
- 22 November 1992 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico
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