Virgilio Elizondo, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetVirgilio Elizondo
American theologian
Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1935
Date of Death: 14-Mar-2016
Profession: theologian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Virgilio Elizondo
- Virgilio P.
- Elizondo (August 28, 1935 – March 14, 2016) was a Mexican-American Roman Catholic priest and community activist, who was also a leading scholar of Liberation and Hispanic theology.
- He was widely regarded as "the father of U.S.
- Latino religious thought." Elizondo was the founder of the Pastoral Institute at the University of the Incarnate Word.
- He was also a co-founder of the Mexican-American Cultural Center, a think tank for scholars and religious leaders to develop pastoral ministry and theology from a Hispanic perspective.
- He was well known for his book, Galilean Journey: The Mexican-American Promise, which examined the similarities between Jesus' Galilean background and the mestizo experience.
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