Juan Guevara — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

First Cardinal of Peru, created by Pope Pius XII in 1946
Archbishop of Lima from 1945 until his death in 1954
Appointed Military Vicar of Peru from 1945 until his death
Earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1922
Director of El Deber, the oldest newspaper in southern Peru, from 1928 to 1940

Biography

Juan Gualberto Guevara (1882–1954) was a prominent Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate. Born in Villa de Vitor, Archdiocese of Arequipa, he pursued his education at the Seminary of San Jerónimo and the University of San Agustin, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. He later obtained a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1922. Ordained in 1906, he served as a parish priest in Arica before being expelled by the Chilean Government.