Background
He was born in the Central Department of Ypacaraí, Paraguay on March 30, 1911 and died in San Juan Bautista, Department of Missions on November 3, 1976.
He was born in the Central Department of Ypacaraí, Paraguay on March 30, 1911 and died in San Juan Bautista, Department of Missions on November 3, 1976.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Canon Law and Master of Theology.
Was a bishop, a writer and keynote speaker of Paraguay. In 1930 he took up residence in Asunción, where he was an officer candidate in the military movements prior to the Chaco War. In 1931 he posted as a student of the Faculty of Medicine, but a trip to Europe, organized by his family, interrupted his studies.
In France he started a career in mechanical engineering, but left soon after, deciding to lead a life in the priesthood.
He entered the Delayed Vocations Seminary of Saint Llan and then the Pius Latin American Pontifical College in Rome. He was ordained as a priest on April 16, 1938 in Rome, the following year he returned to his homeland.
He died suddenly on November 3, 1976 in the diocese of San Juan Bautista in Misiones, at 65 years old, as a result of a myocardial infarction. The loss of the illustrious and jovial priest was a huge pain.
His gifts of leadership of the Catholic youth movements, as a speaker and a writer and especially his courageous confrontation with the dictatorial governments, have been lauded.
