Roque González y de Santa Cruz

Saint

Roque González de Santa Cruz

SJ
Martyr
Born(1576-11-17)17 November 1576
Asunción, Governorate of the Río de la Plata, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire
Died15 November 1628(1628-11-15) (aged 51)
Mission of Todos los Santos de Caaró, Captaincy of Rio Grande do Sul, State of Brazil, Portuguese Empire
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified28 January 1934 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized16 May 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Feast16 November

Roque González de Santa Cruz, SJ (17 November 1576 – 15 November 1628) was a Guaraní-Spanish Jesuit priest who was the first missionary among the Guarani in Paraguay. He was murdered in 1628 and is venerated as a martyr and a saint by the Catholic Church.

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