Darío Acosta Zurita
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Darío Acosta Zurita (14 December 1908 – 25 July 1931) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Veracruz where he lived and was killed. Zurita commenced his studies for the priesthood after he had once been refused entrance and he became known as an athletic seminarian. Bishop Rafael Guízar Valencia ordained him in 1931 and he was killed three months later after armed gunmen stormed the cathedral – enacting the so-called Tejeda Law – and shot him dead.[1]
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Born | (1908-12-14)14 December 1908 Naolinco, Veracruz, Mexico |
Died | 25 July 1931(1931-07-25) (aged 22) Assumption Cathedral, Puerto de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 20 November 2005, Jalisco Stadium, Guadalajara, Mexico by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins |
Feast | 25 July |
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Zurita's beatification cause commenced under Pope John Paul II on 3 September 1988 and he was beatified under Joseph Alois Ratzinger on 20 November 2005 after the latter confirmed that Zurita had been killed 'in odium fidei' – in hatred of the faith. Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presided over the beatification on the pontiff's behalf in Guadalajara.[2]