Miguel Pro
José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez, also known as Blessed Miguel Pro, SJ (January 13, 1891 – November 23, 1927) was a Mexican Jesuit priest executed under the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles on the false charges of bombing and attempted assassination of former Mexican President Álvaro Obregón.
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Born | Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico | January 13, 1891
Died | November 23, 1927 36) Mexico City, Mexico | (aged
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Lutheran Church |
Beatified | 25 September, 1988, Saint Peter's Square, Rome by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 23 November |
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Pro's arrest, without a trial or evidential support, gained prominence during the Cristero War. Known for his religious piety and innocence, he was beatified in Rome on September 25, 1988, by Pope John Paul II as a Catholic martyr, killed in odium fidei ("in hatred of the faith").
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