It is named for José Ramón Miguel Pro Juárez who was executed for carrying on his priestly ministry secretly in 1927 when the Church was outlawed in Mexico; in 1988 the Catholic church gave him the title "Blessed" as a martyr.
It is named for José Ramón Miguel Pro Juárez. This José Ramón Miguel Pro Juárez was executed for carrying on his priestly ministry secretly in 1927 when the Church was outlawed in Mexico. The Catholic church gave him the title "Blessed" as a martyr. This was in 1988.