Alberto Hurtado
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 72 years ago |
Date of birth | January 22,1901 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Vina Del Mar |
Chile | |
Date of died | August 18,1952 |
Died | Santiago |
Chile | |
Parents | Alberto Hurtado Larraín |
Ana Cruchaga Tocornal | |
Patronage | Chile |
Poverty | |
Social work | |
Founded | Hogar De Cristo |
Nationality | Chilean |
Patronag | Chile |
Canon | October 23, 2005, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI |
Education | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Place of burial | Parroquia Jesús Obrero, Estación Central, Chile |
Beatifi | October 16, 1994, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
Major shrine | Shrine of Father Hurtado, Santiago, Chile |
Full name | Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 860962 |
Alberto Hurtado Life story
Alberto Hurtado, popularly known in Chile as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer, of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation in 1944. He was canonized on October 23, 2005, by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming his country's second saint.