Zacarias of Saint Teresa

Salterain-Bizkarra was born on 5 November 1887 in Abadiño, Spain, to Bartholomew and Venancia Salterain-Bizkarra. In 1904, he made his religious vows at the Discalced Carmelite convent of Larrea. He was ordained a priest in Rome on 14 September 1912 and was sent the as a missionary to India the same year,^[3] where he worked until his death on 28 May 1957 at the Christian Medical College Hospital in Vellore. Zacarias of Saint Teresa was buried in Mangalappuzha. On 8 June 2000, his mortal remains were translated to the Immaculate Conception Church in Manjummel.^[4]

He was declared venerable on 27 January 2014 by Pope Francis.^[5][6]