Biography
José Isabel Flores Varela
About José Isabel Flores Varela
José Isabel Flores Varela was born in Santa María de la Paz, Zacatecas, on 28 November 1866. Ordained in 1896, he served the community at Matatlán in the parish of Zapotlanejo. His ministry was particularly concerned with people living in poverty.
He was arrested on 18 June 1927 while traveling to celebrate Mass. After imprisonment and mistreatment, he was taken to the Zapotlanejo cemetery on 21 June and killed. He was canonized in 2000 with the Mexican martyrs.
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