Viva Cristo Rey!

Father José Trinidad Rangel Montaño, a Claretian priest known for his simplicity and zeal for the salvation of souls, was forced to leave his parish, because he refused to register with the government as a priest.

Forced into hiding, he continued to administer the Sacraments, which had been outlawed by the Mexican government, during the Cristero War. Found and arrested, on April 22, 1927. he was Interrogated and tortured, and eventually shot to death, on April 25, for his Catholic faith.

VIVA CRISTO REY!