beatified_place death_date death_place birth_place venerated_in birth_date titles article_title name beatified_date beatified_by
guayaquil , ecuador 12 june 1883 at -rrb- riobamba , chimborazo , ecuador -lrb- age 54 at baba , los ríos , ecuador roman catholic church 24 september 1828 rose of baba and guayaquil mercedes de jesús molina
 blessed mercedes de jesús molina 1 february 1985 pope john paul ii
mercedes de jesús molina

blessed mercedes de jesús molina -lrb- maria mercedes de jesus molina y ayala ; 24 september 1828 - 12 june 1883 -rrb- is a roman catholic blessed from baba , ecuador .
she was a missionary who devoted her life to the care of abandoned children and founded the order of the sisters of mariana de jesús .
she was beatified by pope john paul ii on 1 february 1985 .
