Blessed Jacinto Vera y Durán
Profile
Born to a farming family, Jacinto worked the fields with them in his youth. About the age of 19, he discerned a call to the priesthood, and began studying in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ordained on 5 June 1841. Vicar Apostolic of Montevideo, Uruguay on 4 October 1859. Titular Bishop of Megara on 22 September 1864. Participated in the First Vatican Council in 1870. First bishop of Montevideo on 15 July 1878. He was active in parish ministry throughout his diocese, and died while preaching a parish mission.
Born
- 6 May 1881 in Montevideo, Uruguay of natural causes
- 5 May 2015 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)
- 6 May 2023 by Pope Francis
- beatification celebrated in Montevideo, Uruguay, presided by Cardinal Paulo Cezar Costa
- the beatification miracle involved the 8 October 1936 healing of a girl in her mid-teens from “appendicitis, retroperiteneal pelvic abscess, sepsis” and life-threatening fever by the intercession of Blessed Jacinto
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Jacinto Vera y Durán“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 May 2024. Web. 19 May 2024. <>