Blessed Josep Vila Barri
Profile
Priest. Member of the Sons of the Holy Family. Imprisoned and executed in the anti–Christian persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.
Born
- night of 21 September 1936 in Granollers de la Plana, Barcelona, Spain
- buried in the parish cemetery in Granollers de la Plana
- re-interred in in the cemetery chapel of Saint Joseph parish, Manyanet, Barcelona, Spain in 2007
- 10 May 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Josep Vila Barri“. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 March 2017. Web. 25 April 2024. <>