Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz
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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.
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Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz | |
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Bishop of Pinara, and Pasto, Colombia | |
Born | (1848-04-09)9 April 1848 Alfaro, La Rioja, Spain |
Died | 19 August 1906(1906-08-19) (aged 58) Montegudo, Navarra, Spain |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 1 November 1975 by Pope Paul VI |
Canonized | 11 October 1992[1], Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 19 August |
Patronage | Cancer, Sto. Niño De Molino Parish Church - Bacoor, Recoletos Community |
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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.