Career
He became a modern-day martyr on 3 May 2000 when he was murdered by Islamic separatists in Mindanao. Gallardo suffered three gunshot wounds at close range to his head, shoulder and back. The nails of his index finger and toes had been pulled out two or three days before he was shot.
The cause for his beatification is already in the preliminary stages of the diocesan investigation but has not yet received the decree "nihil obstat" from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
This is the Canonization Process of Servant of God Rhoel Gallardo. Diocese of Competent Bishop: Isabel de Basilan
CCS Protocol Number:
Type of Cause: Martyrdom
Nihil Obstat:
Opening of Diocesan Inquiry:
Closing of Diocesan Inquiry:
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