Conferencia Episcopal Española updates data on 20th-century martyrs

The Office for the Causes of Saints of the Spanish Episcopal Conference updated its records on October 14, 2026, to include 3,040 martyrs from 20th-century religious persecution currently in the process of beatification. This update includes 50 Gabrielist martyrs, consisting of 49 religious members and their chaplain, for whom no beatification date has been set.

The Church has already beatified 2,404 martyrs and canonized 11 saints related to these persecutions. Upcoming beatification ceremonies scheduled for 2026 include 20 priests from the Diocese of Ibiza on October 17, 80 individuals in Santander on November 7, and 11 seminarians and family members in Madrid on November 28.

The updated figures for those in the process of beatification include 1,904 diocesan priests, 232 religious, 703 laypeople, 39 seminarians, and three bishops. The total number of recognized martyrs, including those already beatified and canonized, reaches 5,455.