Alberto Rivera (activist)

This article is about the Spanish-American anti-Catholic activist. For other uses, see Alberto Rivera (disambiguation).
Alberto Rivera
Jack T. Chick's rendition of Rivera
Born(1935-09-19)September 19, 1935
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
DiedJune 20, 1997(1997-06-20) (aged 61)
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, US
Resting placeRose Hill Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Known forAnti-Catholic religious activism

Alberto Magno Rivera Romero (September 19, 1935 – June 20, 1997) was a Spanish-American anti-Catholic religious activist and conspiracy theorist, who was the source of many of the theories about the Vatican espoused by fundamentalist Christian author Jack Chick.

Chick promised to promote Rivera's testimony even after he died. Rivera claimed to have been a Jesuit before becoming a Fundamentalist Protestant, and many of the stories Chick published about Rivera involve Jesuit activities. Most of Rivera's claims about his past, including his association with the Jesuits and his educational credentials, were disputed in an exposé by the evangelical Christian magazine Cornerstone.

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