Order of Discalced Friars Minor (O.F.M. Disc./O.F.M. Alc.)

Alcantarines, Discalced Franciscans

Also known as: Hermanos menores descalzos (español) / Ordine dei Frati Minori Scalzi (Italiano) / Ordo Fratrum Minorum Discalceatorum o Alcantarinorum (latine)

Type: Mendicant Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)

History

Deceased Bishops (1 Cardinal, 6 Archbishops, 12 Bishops)

1920: PortugalCardinal José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli and Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

1902: PeruBishop Alfonso Maria de la Cruz Sardinas, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

1854: ItalyArchbishop Leone Ciampa, O.F.M. Disc., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy)

1840: PhilippinesBishop Juan Antonio Lillo, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines)

1828: MacauBishop Francisco Chachim (查), O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

1827: PortugalArchbishop Miguel da Madre de Deus da Cruz, O.F.M. Disc., Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

1814: ItalyArchbishop Bernardo Maria Cenicola, O.F.M. Disc., Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy)

1797: PhilippinesArchbishop Juan Antonio Gallego Orbigo, O.F.M. Disc., Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

1796: SpainBishop Julián Gascueña Herráiz, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Ávila (Spain)

1795: SpainBishop José Boltas, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

1781: SpainBishop Juan Bautista Cervera, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Cádiz (Spain) and Bishop of Algeciras (Spain)

1773: PhilippinesBishop Antonio Luna, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines)

1767: PhilippinesBishop Manuel Matos, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines)

1761: SpainArchbishop José Bolaños Calzado, O.F.M. Disc., Titular Archbishop of Nisibis

1753: ItalyArchbishop José Alfonso Meléndez, O.F.M. Disc., Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

1726: ItalyBishop Alberto Gualtieri, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Nicotera (Italy)

1708: PortugalBishop José de Santa Maria Saldanha, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

1700: SpainBishop Gaspar Alonso de Valeria, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

1700: PhilippinesBishop Miguel Bayot, O.F.M. Disc., Bishop of Cebu (Philippines)

Saints (7)

1822: BrazilSaint Antônio de Sant’Ana Galvão, priest

1597: SpainSaint Peter Baptist (Pedro Bautista Blásquez y Blásquez / ペトロ・バウチスタ), priest and martyr

1597: SpainSaint Martín de la Ascensión Loinaz Amunabarro (マルチノ・デ・ラ・アセンシオン), priest and martyr

1597: SpainSaint Francisco Blanco (フランシスコ・ブランコ), priest and martyr

1597: MexicoSaint Felipe de Jesús Casas Martínez (フェリペ・デ・ヘスス), religious and martyr

1597: IndiaSaint Gonçalo Garcia (ゴンザロ・ガルシア), religious and martyr

1597: SpainSaint Francisco de San Miguel Andrade Arco (フランシスコ・デ・サン・ミゲル), religious and martyr

Blesseds (12)

1632: JapanBlessed Gabriel de la Magdalena Tarazona Rodríguez (ガブリエル・デ・ラ・サンタ・マグダレナ), religious and martyr

1628: JapanBlessed Antonio de San Bonaventura (アントニオ・デ・サン・ボナベントゥラ), priest and martyr

1628: JapanBlessed Dominicus of Saint Francis (ドミンゴ・デ・長崎), religious and martyr

1627: JapanBlessed Francisco de Santa María (フランシスコ・デ・サンタ・マリア), priest and martyr

1627: JapanBlessed Antonius of Saint Francis (アントニオ・デ・サン・フランシスコ), religious and martyr

1623: JapanBlessed Francisco Gálvez Iranzo (フランシスコ・ガルベス), priest and martyr

1622: JapanBlessed Pedro de Ávila (ペドロ・デ・アビラ), priest and martyr

1622: JapanBlessed Vicente de San José Ramírez (ビセンテ・デ・サン・ホセ), religious and martyr

1622: JapanBlessed Franciscus of Saint Bonaventure (フランシスコ・デ・ブエナベントゥラ), religious and martyr

1622: JapanBlessed Paulus of Saint Clare (パブロ・デ・サンタ・クララ), religious and martyr

1617: JapanBlessed Pedro de la Asunción (ペドロ・デ・ラ・アスンシオン), priest and martyr

1602: SpainBlessed Andrés Hibernón Real, religious

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