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|SaintName=Blessed Miguel Pro
|SaintName=Blessed Miguel Pro
|SaintStage=Blessed
|SaintStage=Blessed
|SaintBirthDate=01-13-1891
|FeastDay=November 23
|SaintBirthPlace=Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico
|SaintBirthPlace=Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico
|SaintBirthCoordinates=22.7700, -102.5200
|SaintBirthCoordinates=22.7700, -102.5200
|SaintDeathDate=11-23-1927
|DeathPlace=Mexico City, Mexico
|DeathPlace=Mexico City, Mexico
|SaintDeathCoordinates=19.4326, -99.1332
|SaintDeathCoordinates=19.4326, -99.1332
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|NotableLabel5=School named in his honor
|NotableLabel5=School named in his honor
|NotableCoordinates5=41.7717, -87.6717
|NotableCoordinates5=41.7717, -87.6717
|BeatificationDate=09-25-1988
|AssociatedCountries=Mexico; United States
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Mexico City]]
|Beatifier=Pope John Paul II
|Beatifier=Pope John Paul II
|BeatificationLocation=St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
|BeatificationLocation=St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
|Canonized=No
|Canonized=No
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|SaintMiracle1=Healing of a young girl from a terminal illness
|SaintMiracle1=Healing of a young girl from a terminal illness
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|FeastDay=November 23
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|Profession=Jesuit priest
|Profession=Jesuit priest
|ReligiousAffiliation=Jesuits
|ReligiousAffiliation=Jesuits
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|Attributes=Crucifix; palm of martyrdom; firing squad
|Attributes=Crucifix; palm of martyrdom; firing squad
|PrimaryShrine=Church of the Holy Family, Mexico City, Mexico
|PrimaryShrine=Church of the Holy Family, Mexico City, Mexico
|AdditionalVeneration=
|AssociatedCountries=Mexico; United States
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Mexico City]]
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'''Blessed Miguel Pro''' (full name: José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez; January 13, 1891 – November 23, 1927) was a Mexican [[Jesuit]] priest martyred during the Cristero War for his clandestine ministry under anti-Catholic persecution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bl. Miguel Pro |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=86 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref> According to verified Church records and eyewitness accounts, born in Guadalupe, Zacatecas, to a mining engineer father and devout mother, Miguel entered the Jesuits in 1911 amid revolutionary turmoil, studying in Spain, Belgium, and the U.S. due to Mexico's 1914 Jesuit expulsion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/blessed-miguel-agustin-pro |website=Franciscan Media |access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref> Ordained in Belgium (1926), he returned secretly to Mexico City, disguising himself as a farmer, businessman, or beggar to celebrate Mass, baptize, and console the faithful under President Plutarco Elías Calles's 1926 Calles Law banning public worship.
'''Blessed Miguel Pro''' (full name: José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez; January 13, 1891 – November 23, 1927) was a Mexican [[Jesuit]] priest martyred during the Cristero War for his clandestine ministry under anti-Catholic persecution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bl. Miguel Pro |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=86 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref> According to verified Church records and eyewitness accounts, born in Guadalupe, Zacatecas, to a mining engineer father and devout mother, Miguel entered the Jesuits in 1911 amid revolutionary turmoil, studying in Spain, Belgium, and the U.S. due to Mexico's 1914 Jesuit expulsion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/blessed-miguel-agustin-pro |website=Franciscan Media |access-date=2025-11-13}}</ref> Ordained in Belgium (1926), he returned secretly to Mexico City, disguising himself as a farmer, businessman, or beggar to celebrate Mass, baptize, and console the faithful under President Plutarco Elías Calles's 1926 Calles Law banning public worship.


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