Alberto Hurtado

Religious Leader
BIRTHDAY
January 22,1901
Birthplace
Chile
Age
Aug 18,1952,age 51
Birth Sign
Aquarius
BIRTHDAY
January 22,1901 (age Aug 18,1952,age 51)
Birthplace
Chile

About

Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker and writer who was the second Chilean to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

Before Fame

He studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile from 1918 to 1923.

Trivia

His book "Is Chile a Catholic Country" made the claim that most Chileans regarded devotion to the saints as more important than attending mass.

Family Life

He became an orphan after his father died when he was 4.

Associated With

He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1994.