Juan de los Reyes

Who was Juan de los Reyes?

Juan de los Reyes was a Spanish Catholic priest and evangelist who was among the protomartyrs of Guam. He was the next Kapampangan victim together Padre Sebastián de Monroy, SJ, five Mexican soldiers, and a Spaniard. On Sunday, 6 September 1676, de los Reyes and the missionary team were killed as they were about to board a boat in the western village of Sumay bound for the capital of Hagåtña. They were slain with a hail of stones, clubs and spears by Chamorro people whom they had tried to convert.