Pedro Santiago de Achútegui

Background

Achútegui, Pedro Santiago de was born on May 1, 1915 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain. Arrived in Philippines, 1950.

Education

AB, Jesuit Scholasticate College, Tournai, Belgium, 1936. Licence in Philosophy, Institute de Philosophie Jesuites, Sienhsien, China, 1939. Licence in Sacred Theology, Bellarmine College, Shanghai, China, 1945.

Doctor in Sacred Theology, Gregorian University, Rome, 1950.

Career

Professor of philosophy, Regional Seminary, Suanch'eng, China, 1946-1948; rector and dean of theology, Jesuit School of Theology, Baguio, The Philippines, 1952-1959; professor of theology, Jesuit School of Theology, Baguio, The Philippines, 1952-1967; professor of theology, Loyola School of Theology Ateneo de Manila U., Quezon City, The Philippines, since 1965; president, Loyola School of Theology Ateneo de Manila U., Quezon City, 1983-1989; emeritus, Loyola School of Theology Ateneo de Manila U., Quezon City, since 1993. Consultor Archdiocese of Manila, The Philippines, 1977-1993. Member board of trustees, Ateneo de Manila U., 1977-1986.

Secretary general Manila Archdiocesan Synod (4th), 1979. Consultor Vatican Secretariat for non-Believers, Rome, 1979-1983, Vatican Secretariat for the Clergy, Rome, since 1984. Assistant secretary general Second Plenary Council of the Philippines, Manila, 1991.

Dir.Cardinal Bea Institute for Ecumenical Studies, Ateneo de Manila U., since 1969.

Achievements

• Pedro Santiago de Achútegui has been listed as a noteworthy Priest, theology professor, administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active in charity work for the leprosaria and for victims of natural disasters in the Philippines. Member International Association Historians of Asia.

Connections

Son of Pedor de Achútegui y Hormaeche and ma. Piedade de Aróstegui y Amondo.

Father:

Pedor Achútegui