Jacinto Vera

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Blessed Jacinto Vera Durán
Bishop of Montevideo
Durán - 1878 painting.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Montevideo
See	Montevideo
Appointed	15 July 1878
Term ended	6 May 1881
Predecessor	None; diocese created
Successor	Inocencio María Yéregui
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Megara (1864-1878)
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Vicar of Montevideo (1859-1878)
Orders
Ordination	5 June 1841 by Mariano Medrano y Cabrera
Consecration	16 July 1865 by Mariano José de Escalada Bustillo y Zeballos
Personal details
Born	Jacinto Vera Durán (1813-07-03)3 July 1813 Tinajo, Lanzarote, Islas Canarias, España
Died	6 May 1881(1881-05-06) (aged 67) Pan de Azúcar, Maldonado, Uruguay
Buried	Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral
Parents	Gerardo Vera & Josefa Durán
Sainthood
Feast day	6 May
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	6 May 2023 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay by Cardinal Paulo Cezar Costa
Attributes	Episcopal attire

Blessed Jacinto Vera Durán (Atlantic Ocean, 3 July 1813 – Pan de Azúcar, Uruguay, 6 May 1881) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of Montevideo.^[1] He was an active minister in Uruguay, although his efforts to renew the priesthood and other ecclesial initiatives brought him into conflict with the Uruguayan government; this was the cause of his exile from the country, establishing himself in Buenos Aires between October 1862 and August 1863, at which point a political change in Uruguay made his return possible. The popularity showcased by his reception continued throughout the rest of his life due to his intense and prolonged missionary work all over the diocese of Montevideo (at that time the only one for the whole country), of which he was made bishop upon its creation in 1878. A neighborhood of Montevideo was named after him in 1895.^[2][3][1]

His fame of holiness led to the opening of his canonization process in 1935. On 5 May 2015, Pope Francis signed the decree of his heroic virtues, conferring him the title of Venerable upon him.^[4] On December 17, 2022, a miracle obtained through his intercession was approved^[5] and his beatification authorized; it was celebrated on 6 May 2023, in Montevideo.