Biography
Pedro Esqueda Ramirez
About Pedro Esqueda Ramirez
Pedro Esqueda Ramirez was born in San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, on 29 April 1887. His seminary studies were interrupted by its closure in 1914. He returned home and worked as a deacon before his ordination in 1916.
Esqueda devoted much of his ministry to teaching children and training catechists. During persecution he organized Eucharistic worship in private homes. After his arrest in November 1927, he endured severe mistreatment. He was shot near Teocaltitlán on 22 November. He was canonized in 2000 with the Mexican martyrs.
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