Biography
Atilano Cruz Alvarado
About Atilano Cruz Alvarado
Atilano Cruz Alvarado was born in Ahuetita de Abajo, Jalisco, on 5 October 1901. He worked in the fields as a child before receiving schooling in Teocaltiche. He entered the seminary in 1918 and was ordained in 1927 amid persecution of Catholic clergy.
Cruz served as assistant to Justino Orona Madrigal at Cuquío. He joined Orona at the Las Cruces ranch, where troops killed both men early on 1 July 1928. Cruz was canonized in 2000.
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