Eugenio Sanz-Orozco Mortera

José María of Manila ( : 5 September 1880, Manila – 17 August 1936, Madrid) was a Criollo Catholic priest and friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was martyred Spain during in the early phase of the Spanish Civil War, and is the third Filipino to have been declared blessed by the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Eugenio Sanz-Orozco was born in Manila, Philippines on 5 September 1880 to Spanish parents Don Eugenio del Saz-Orozco de la Oz, the last Spanish Mayor of Manila, and Doña Felisa Mortera y Camacho. His early education took place at Ateneo de Manila University, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, and University of Santo Tomas. He was ordained on 30 November 1910. He resolved to proclaim the Gospel in Spain, which was still suffering from poverty brought about by World War I.