Zacarias of Saint Teresa

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Zacarías of Saint Teresa (1887–1957),[1][2] born as Zacarías Salterain-Bizkarra, was a Discalced Carmelite priest.

Life

Salterain-Bizkarra was born on 5 November 1887 in Abadiño, Spain, to Bartholomew and Venancia Salterain-Bizkarra. In 1904, he made his religious vows at the Discalced Carmelite convent of Larrea. He was ordained a priest in Rome on 14 September 1912 and was sent as a missionary to India the same year,[3] where he worked until his death on 28 May 1957 at the Christian Medical College Hospital in Vellore. Zacarias of Saint Teresa was buried in Mangalappuzha. On 8 June 2000, his mortal remains were translated to the Immaculate Conception Church in Manjummel.[4]

He was declared venerable on 27 January 2014 by Pope Francis.[5][6]

References

  1. 1."Zacarias Salterain Bizkarra | Anboto News". www.anboto.net (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  2. 2."A New Venerable for the Discalced Carmelite Order | Meditations from Carmel". www.meditationsfromcarmel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  3. 3.https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/venerable-zacharias-of-st-theresa-5924
  4. 4."A New Venerable for the Discalced Carmelite Order | Meditations from Carmel". www.meditationsfromcarmel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  5. 5."Zacarias of Saint Teresa".
  6. 6."Venerable Zacarías Salterain-Bizkarra". CatholicSaints.Info. 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2017-07-23.