Bl. José Trinidad Rangel y Montaño

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Born: 4 June 1887 in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico

Died: shot on 25 April 1927 in Rancho de San Joaquín, Jalisco, Mexico

Venerated: 22 June 2004 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins in Guadalajara, Mexico

Feast day: 25 April

Parish priest in Silao, Mexico noted for his zeal as a pastor to his parishioners. During the Mexican Revolution, laws were enacted that required priests to register with the government; Jose did not register, and in 1927 went into hiding in León. In April 1927 Father Rangel went to secretly celebrate Holy Week with the Minims in San Francisco del Rincón where he administered the sacraments and visited the sick in hospital. Discovered by authorities on 22 April 1927, Father Jose admitted to being a priest; he was arrested, interrogated, tortured, and shot. Martyr.