Juan Manuel Martín del Campo

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Juan Manuel Martín del Campo (14 December 1917 – 13 August 1996) was a

Capuchin
.

He became titled as a

Venerable on 30 September 2015 after Pope Francis confirmed that the late priest led a life of heroic virtue.[3]

Life

Juan Manuel Martín del Campo was born on 14 December 1917 to Ana Martín del Campo.

rosaries on a frequent basis and his mother would bless him before he went to sleep. His elder brother Fernando became a priest.[1]

He studied for the priesthood in

ordained as a priest on 21 December 1940 and became both a teacher and a spiritual director while being appointed as the prefect of theologians from 1940 to April 1947 when he was made the confessor to the Sisters of Banderilla.[1] As a popular confessor he often spent six to eight hours in the confessional with people even waiting until midnight to see him.[3]

In 1954 he became the diocesan director of the work of the Propagation of the Faith and in 1956 became both the chaplain and the spiritual director of the Motolinía College in 1956. From 1960 until 1970 he served as the parish pastor of Saint Jerome in

canon of the Xalapa Cathedral from 1970 until 1985.[1]

He served as the interim rector of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Xalapa in 1985 and served as the rector of the Church of San Isidro in Xalapa also in 1987. He became the archdiocesan exorcist in 1987 at the behest of Bishop Sergio Obeso Rivera and remained in that position until 1995 when he retired from his position.[1]

He died on 13 August 1996 due to prostate cancer and his remains were later housed in the Church of Saint Jerome in Coatepec in 2010.[1][3]

Beatification process

The beatification process commenced under

Congregation for the Causes of Saints granted the "nihil obstat" ('nothing against') to the cause and titled him as a Servant of God. The diocesan process opened in the Archdiocese of Xalapa on 5 February 2009 and concluded its work not long after on 23 April 2010. The C.C.S. validated the process on 7 July 2011 in Rome
.

In 2013 the postulation submitted the

Venerable on 30 September 2015 after Pope Francis approved his life of heroic virtue
.

The current postulator assigned to this cause is Rev. Rafael González Hernández.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Venerable Manuel Martín del Campo". Saints SQPN. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "His fight against the devils might be rewarded with sainthood!". Catholic New Media Network. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "A Mexican exorcist advances on path to sainthood - courtesy of the Pope". Catholic News Agency. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

External links

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