How to Pronounce Darío Acosta Zurita
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Dec 13, 1908 Died on 25 Jul 1931 (aged 22)
Mexican presbyter
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About Darío Acosta Zurita
- Darío Acosta Zurita (14 December 1908 – 25 July 1931) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest who administered in Veracruz where he lived and was killed.
- Zurita commenced his studies for the priesthood after he had once been refused entrance and he became known as an athletic seminarian.
- Bishop Rafael Guízar Valencia ordained him in 1931 and he was killed three months later after armed gunmen stormed the cathedral – enacting the so-called Tejeda Law – and shot him dead.Zurita's beatification cause commenced under Pope John Paul II on 3 September 1988 and he was beatified under Pope Benedict XVI on 20 November 2005 after the latter confirmed that Zurita had been killed 'in odium fidei' – in hatred of the faith.
- Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presided over the beatification on the pontiff's behalf in Guadalajara.
