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Toribio Romo González, known as Saint Toribio Romo (Spanish: santo Toribio Romo, Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsanto toˈɾiβjo ˈromo]; April 16, 1900 – February 25, 1928) was a Mexican Catholic priest and martyr who was killed during the anti-clerical persecutions of the Cristero War.
The posthumous cult of Toribio Romo has done what he failed to do in life: slow down emigration from Santa Ana de Guadalupe to the United States.
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Sep 25, 2020 · Not bad for a small village of 390 inhabitants, lost in the middle of nowhere. A short and narrow paved road, brand new and in perfect shape, took us to a smart limestone semicircular arch guarding the entrance to the pueblito, with inscriptions referring to the saint in shiny golden characters.
Toribio Romo González was a Mexican Catholic priest who was martyred during the Cristero War in Mexico, a conflict that arose between the Mexican government and the Catholic Church in the 1920s. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on May 21st, 2000 and is one of the patron saints of migrants.
Tragically, during the Mexican Revolution, Saint Toribio Romo González fell victim to the violent persecution against Catholic priests. The revolutionaries targeted him for his faith and priesthood. On Saturday, February 25, 1928, around 5 am, he was shot in the back within his rectory in Agua Caliente, Jalisco, Mexico.
- April 16, 1900
- February 1, 2025
St. Toribio Romo González (1900 – 1928) was born in Santa Ana de Guadalupe, near Jalisco, Mexico. He entered seminary at the age of 13 and was ordained a priest in 1922 when he was only 22.
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St. Toribio Romo González was ordained a priest at the age of 21. He then became the parish priest in Tequila, Jalisco in the Archdiocese of Guadalajara in Mexico. Later, he transferred to be the parish priest of Agua Caliente in Mexico. He was known for great devotion to the Eucharist.