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Juan de Castillo (14 September 1595 – 17 November 1628) was a Jesuit priest and missionary, and a martyr-saint of the Catholic Church. A Spaniard, he was one of the first to labor at the Jesuit reductions in Paraguay.
Father Juan del Castillo was the third Jesuit to suffer martyrdom at the hands of the indigenous people of the South American Reductions. He was born in Belmonte, province of Toledo, Spain, on 14 November 1596.
Birth: 1596. Death: 1628. Canonized: 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs. Shop St. Juan de Castillo. Juan de Castillo was a Jesuit priest and a Martyrs of Paraguay. ← Bl. Juana Maria Condesa Lluch.
Saints Roch Gonzalez, Alfonsus Rodriguez and John del Castillo, the three martyrs of River Plate were called from their own country to sow the seed of God’s word in distant lands. All three died a martyr’s death in the Jesuit reductions in South America.
Saint Juan del Castillo was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who is recognized as one of the Catholic Church's saints. He was born in Belmonte, Spain, around 1595, and entered the Society of Jesus in Villagarcia at the young age of seventeen.
The martyrs of Paraguay are three Jesuit priests; Father Roque Gonzalez, Father Alphonsus Rodriguez and Father Juan de Castillo who out of love and passion for Jesus, devoted their lives to the conversion of souls.
El P. Juan del Castillo fue el tercer jesuita que sufrió el martirio a manos de los indígenas de las Reducciones sudamericanas. Nació en Belmonte, provincia de Toledo, España, el 14 de noviembre de 1596.
