Impressed by the situation, the Marquis of Obando left his Cáceres estate as a usufructuary inheritance to the Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood. The first missionary, Bartolomeu Corradini, arrived in Cáceres in November 1898. In 1910, a second community was established in Valência de Alcântara.
In Portugal, the first community also appears in Vila Viçosa, at the request of the Archbishop of Évora, who received good news of the missionary spirit of the Fathers of the Most Precious Blood and recognized their important role in the evangelization of his diocese. With two minor seminaries operating in Cáceres and Vila Viçosa, the first two ordinations of Spanish priests took place in 1953-54. The first two Portuguese priests were ordained in the years...
Still a vicariate, it extended into Spain to Funte de Cantos and Madrid (Orcasitas and La Fotuna) and in Portugal a house was built in Proença a Nova.
With all this development and the increasing number of Portuguese and Spanish members, in 1988 the vicariate was elevated to Province.
In 1999, a new development occurred with the opening of the "ad experimentum" mission in Africa, specifically in Guinea-Bissau. The first missionary from this country was ordained in 2011, followed by two more priestly ordinations.
Currently, the Iberia Province is made up of 5 communities and 15 priests, with a presence in Portugal, Spain and Guinea-Bissau.
