12 Bishops Executed: The Choice That Echoed Forever

This video tells the stories of twelve Catholic bishops who were killed during the Spanish Civil War, including Bishop Eustaquio Nieto of Sigüenza, Bishop Salvio Huix of Lleida, Bishop Cruz Laplana of Cuenca, Bishop Florentino Asensio of Barbastro, Bishop Miguel Serra of Segorbe, Bishop Manuel Basulto of Jaén, Auxiliary Bishop Manuel Borrás of Tarragona, Bishop Narciso de Esténaga of Ciudad Real, Bishops Diego Ventaja and Manuel Medina of Almería, Bishop Manuel Irurita of Barcelona, and Bishop Anselmo Polanco of Teruel. As violence spread across Spain in 1936, Catholic clergy faced imprisonment, persecution, torture, and execution. Some bishops were offered opportunities to escape, yet chose to remain with their people and clergy despite the danger. Their final days became stories of faith, courage, sacrifice, forgiveness, and Christian martyrdom. This is the story of the twelve Catholic bishops executed during the Spanish Civil War — and the faith they refused to surrender.