Saint Ezekiel Moreno y Diaz
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- Also known as
- Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz
- Memorial
- 19 August
- Profile
- Raised in a pious family in a pious town.
Joined the Augustinian Recollects on 21 September 1864 at Montegudo, Navarra.
Prior of his monastery.
Ordained at Manila, Philippines on 3 June 1871, and became a well-known missionary.
Vicar apostolic of Casanare and bishop of Pinara, Colombia on 23 October 1893.
Bishop of Pasto, Columbia on 2 December 1893.
Noted for his generous charity to the faithful of his diocese.
- Born
- 9 April 1848 at Alfaro, Tarazona, Spain
- Died
- 19 August 1906 at Montegudo, Navarra, Spain of cancer of the palatte;
the miracles related to his beatification and canonization involve cures of cancer patients
- Beatified
- 1 November 1975 by Pope Paul VI
- Canonized
- 11 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Patronage
- cancer
- Additional Information
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Augustinians of the Midwest
Book of Augustinian Saints
Recoletos Communications
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
John Paul II's Book of Saints, by Matthew Bunson and Margaret Bunson
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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