Miguel Pro

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Miguel Pro
Miguel Pro, just before he was executed

Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez SJ (German: Michael Augustin Pro Juárez), (born  January 13, 1891 in Concepción del Oro , Mexico ; † November 23, 1927 in Mexico City ) was a Catholic priest and martyr who was beatified by the Catholic Church has been.

Life

Miguel Pro entered the Society of Jesus on August 10, 1911 . On August 15, 1913, he took his religious vows . He studied from 1914 in the USA and from 1915 to 1920 philosophy in Granada , Spain . From 1922 he studied theology in Sarriá ( Barcelona ) and from 1924 in Enghien , Belgium . It was here that he was ordained a priest on August 30, 1925 . He returned to Mexico on July 6, 1926. Due to the Mexican Revolution and the persecution of Catholic priests during the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles (1924-1928), he worked in the Catholic self-protection organization Liga Nacional para la Defensa de la Libertad Religiosa . The clashes between church and state finally culminated in a particularly bloody civil war, the Guerra Cristera . Several priests were also executed. During this time, Pro performed his priestly ministry in disguise and underground. After the assassination of General Alvaro Obregon , he was arrested as an alleged perpetrator on 18 November 1927 - although Obregón for him personally used and his innocence testified - on 23 November with three other defendants executed . Most of the priests persecuted in Mexico lived in rural areas. Michael Pro worked in the capital and was executed there on the personal orders of the President. As a result, his death received special attention and political explosiveness. Thousands upon thousands came to the laying out and burial. Michael Pro is buried in the Sagrada Familia church in Mexico City.

In 1934 the Archdiocese of Mexico City began collecting testimonies of the life and death of pros and initiated the process of beatification. The first biography appeared in German as early as 1936.

Miguel Pro SJ was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 25, 1988 . The process of canonization is ongoing. His feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on November 23rd. This is also his feast day on the calendar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America .

See also

literature

  • Ann Ball: Blessed Miguel Pro - 20th-Century Mexican Martyr . TAN Books, Rockford 1997, ISBN 0-89555-542-5 .
  • Lothar Groppe SJ: Michael Pro. A Mexican rascal becomes a priest and a martyr . FMG, Munich 1988 (and other editions).
  • José Antonio Martínez Puche OP (Ed.): Nuevo Año Cristiano , Vol. 11: Noviembre . EDIBESA, Madrid 2001. ISBN 84-8407-210-X , pp. 418-425.
  • Karlheinz Riedel: The divine champion Michael Pro . Herder, Freiburg i.Br. 1936. - This biography became very popular in the 1930s to portray Miguel Pro as a role model for Catholics in attacks by the state.
  • Michael Sievernich SJ: Martyrs in the Mexican church struggle. For the beatification of Father Miguel Agustín Pro SJ (1891–1927). In: Geist und Leben , Vol. 61 (1988), Issue 4, pp. 285-302.

Web links

Commons : Miguel Pro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Puche OP (Ed.), José Martínez: Nuevo Año Cristiano , page 423
  2. ↑ Biographical data according to Lothar Groppe (see literature) and [1]
  3. ^ Catholic Online [2]
  4. ↑ Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints [3]
personal data
SURNAME Pro, Miguel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pro Juárez, Miguel Agustín
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jesuit, martyr of the revolution in Mexico
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Concepción del Oro , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1927
Place of death Mexico City , Mexico