Abstract: Procedure for manufacturing ceramic articles such as floor and wall tiling as well as sanitary ware having antifungal, antibacterial and antimicrobial properties comprising the molding, drying, baking (firing) and vitreous glazing stages from clays and hydration agents, characterized in that in said vitreous glazing stage is added to the glazed surface, copper particles with spherical shape being in a standardized range from 0.5 to 1.5 millimeters in diameter or cylindrical particles being in a standardized range from 0.5 to 1.5 millimeters in diameter and 0.5 to 1.5 millimeters in length, in a copper ratio on the ceramic article surface between 1 milligram per weight to 10 milligram per cm2 of the ceramic surface.