On May 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized a group of 25 saints and martyrs who had died in the Mexican Cristero War. The vast majority are Catholic priests who were executed for carrying out their ministry despite the suppression under the anti-clerical laws of Plutarco Elías Calles after the revolution in the 1920s. Priests who took up arms, however, were excluded from the process. The group of saints share the feast day of May 21.
Canonized 16 October 2016 by Pope Francis
Beatified 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI
On 15 November 2005, Pope Benedict XVI issued an Apostolic Letter declaring the following individuals "blessed" and establishing their memorial feast on 20 November. November 20 is the official anniversary in the Mexican civil calendar of the start of the Mexican Revolution, with the promulgation of the Plan of San Luis Potosí in 1910 by Francisco Madero.
José Dionisio Luis Padilla Gómez
José Luciano Ezequiel Huerta Gutiérrez
Canonized 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869–1927)
Román Adame Rosales (1859–1928)
Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán (1875–1927)
Julio Álvarez Mendoza (1866–1927)
Agustín Caloca Cortés (1898–1927)
Mateo Correa Magallanes (1866–1927)
Atilano Cruz Alvarado (1901–1928)
Pedro Esqueda Ramirez (1897–1927)
Margarito Flores García (1899–1927)
José Isabel Flores Varela (1866–1927)
David Galván Bermudes (1882–1915)