Blessed Ramón Vargas González
Profile
The son of a physician, Ramón’s family moved to Guadalajara, Mexico when the boy was nine years old. Member of the Catholic Youth Association of Mexico. Noted for his ministry to the poor. Imprisoned and executed in the Mexican Revolution.
Born
- 22 January 1905 in Ahualulco de Mercado, Jalisco, Mexico
- shot by a firing squad on 1 April 1927 in the prison court yard in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- he was making the sign of the cross as he was shot
- relics enshrined in the parish church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Ahualulco de Mercato, Mexico
- 22 June 2004 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Ramón Vargas González“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 July 2023. Web. 18 April 2024. <>