St. Rafael Guizar Valencia
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Birth: 1878
Death: 1938
Beatified: January 29, 1995 by John Paul II
Canonized: October 15, 2006, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
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Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia (April 26, 1878 – June 6, 1938) was a Catholic bishop who cared for the wounded, sick, and dying in Mexico's 1910-20 Revolution. Named bishop of Veracruz, he was driven out of his home diocese and forced to live the remainder of his life in hiding in Mexico City. He was also a Knight of Columbus. Controversially, he was an uncle of Marcial Maciel.
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