Saint Jenaro Sánchez DelGadillo
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- Also known as
- Jenaro Sánchez
- Memorial
- 17 January;
formerly 25 May
- Profile
- Seminarian at Guadalajara.
Ordained in 1911.
Priest at several parishes, including Tecolotlan, Jalisco.
Noted for his combination of pastoral work with his parishioners and the sick, and for his organzational and administrative skills.
When anti-religious laws were promulgated, he celebrated Mass in private homes.
Arrested on 17 January 1927 while preparing to conduct Mass on a farm.
Martyr.
- Born
- 19 September 1886 at Zapopán, diocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Died
- hanged from a mesquite tree on 17 January 1927 at Tecolotlan, Jalisco, Mexico;
corpse mutilated and left hanging as a warning;
relics translated to Cocula, Jalisco in 1934
- Beatified
- 22 November 1992 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico
- Translate
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- Readings
- I pardon you, and my Father God pardons you, and long live Christ the King!
-Saint Jenaro's dying words
