Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz


Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz

Bishop of Pasto
Born(1848-04-09)9 April 1848
Alfaro, La Rioja,
Spain
Died19 August 1906(1906-08-19) (aged 58)
Montegudo, Navarra,
Spain
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified1 November 1975 by Pope Paul VI
Canonized11 October 1992, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by Pope John Paul II
Feast19 August
PatronageCancer, Sto. Niño De Molino Parish Church - Bacoor, Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish - Puerto Princesa Palawan, Recoletos Community

Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz, OAR was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pasto from 1895 to 1906. He was a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and previously served as a missionary to the Philippines and as Vicar Apostolic of Casanare in Colombia.

Moreno was canonized in 1992 and is popularly invoked as the patron of cancer patients.