Background
ANDREA, Miguel de was born on July 5, 1877 in Navarro, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
ANDREA, Miguel de was born on July 5, 1877 in Navarro, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Educated Seminario Regina Martyrum, Pius Latin-American College (Rome). Doctor of Theology, Gregorian University, Rome. Dr. honoris causa, University Nacional de Buenos Aires, 1946.
Assistant, secretary, archbishopric of Buenos Aires, 1900-1902. Chaplain, Convento de Santa Catalina, 1902-1904. Private secretary, Archbishop Antonio Espinosa, 1904-1912.
President, University Católica de Buenos Aires. Priest of San Miguel Arcángel, since 1912. Named honorary canon, 1913.
Provisional judge of archbishopric, 1918. Titular bishop of Temnos, 1920. Founder and general adviser, Unión Popular Argentina, Ateneo de la Juventud, Confederación Profesional Argentina, Federación de Propaganda, Agencia de Colocaciones de los Círculos de Obreros, Casa de la Empleada.
Founder, Institute Técnico Femenino, Federación de Empleadas Católicas, Federación de Asociaciones Profesionales Católicas de Enfermeras. Organizer, I Congreso de Católicos Sociales de la América' Latina. Organized national collection of funds to build workers’ houses.
Officer, Del Mérito, Paraguay. Also decorations from France and Spain.
Member selecting council, Orden del Libertador San Martin, since 1943. Member: Academy, de Ciencias Morales y Políticas (vice-president since 1939).
