Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz
Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz, OAR was a Spanish Catholic friar in the Order of Augustinian Recollects and now venerated as a saint. He was born on April 9, 1848, in Alfaro, La Rioja, Spain and later served as a missionary to the Philippines. He also became the Bishop of Pinara and later of Pasto, in Colombia.
Saint Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz O.A.R. | |
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| Bishop of Pinara, and Pasto, Colombia | |
| Born | 9 April 1848 Alfaro, La Rioja, Spain |
| Died | 19 August 1906 (aged 58) Montegudo, Navarra, Spain |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 1 November 1975 by Pope Paul VI |
| Canonized | 11 October 1992, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 19 August |
| Patronage | Cancer, Sto. Niño De Molino Parish Church - Bacoor, Recoletos Community |
His nephew Julián Moreno is also venerated as a Blessed because of his martyrdom in Motril. Moreno is popularly invoked as the patron of cancer patients.
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