Jesús María Echavarría Aguirre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican bishop
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Place of Birth: Sinaloa, Mexico
About Jesús María Echavarría Aguirre
- Jesús María Echavarría Aguirre (6 July 1858 - 5 April 1954) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Saltillo from 1904 until his death.
- He was also the founder of the Guadalupan Catechists Sisters.
- He was an ardent devotee to the Mother of God and attentive to the needs of local parishes; his pastoral mission consisted of improving parish conditions and focusing on alleviating the plight of the poor in his diocese. The beatification cause opened under Pope John Paul II on 7 December 1990 and he was titled as a Servant of God while the confirmation of his heroic virtue in 2014 allowed for Pope Francis to name him as Venerable.
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