Delayed vocation
He wasn't ordained a priest until he was forty, but he would accomplish much in the years of ministry that followed: including establishing the first seminary in the Western hemisphere, fighting for the rights of native Americans, and becoming an Archbishop.
St. Turibius de Mongrovejo - Archbishop of Lima, Peru - died 401 years ago today.
(adapted from an earlier post)
St. Turibius de Mongrovejo - Archbishop of Lima, Peru - died 401 years ago today.
(adapted from an earlier post)
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