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Friday, March 23. Fourth Week of Lent
ST. TORIBIO DE MOGROVEJO (b Spain 1538, d Peru 1606)
Missionary, Bishop, Patron Saint of Latin American Bishops
A most appropriate saint of the day as Benedict XVI begins an apostolic visit to Latin America:
St. Toribio was a brilliant professor of canon law at the University of Salamanca when Phillip II named him
Grand Inquisitor in Granada. He was scrupulous in rendering justice to all who came before him to
the point that some accused him of being heretical. At age 40, the King named him to be Bishop
of Lima, Peru, where the colonial administration had serious problems with a corrupt clergy. In vain
he argued that he was not qualified for such a position, but he left for Peru in 1579, serving
as missionary and administrator for the next 27 years until his death. In Lima, he confirmed the
girl who would become Santa Rosa de Lima, and was a confessor to the priest who would become St.
Martin de Porres. After 1590, he also had the assistance of the priest who would become St. Francis
Solano. Toribio was beatified in 1679 and canonized in 1726.
Readings for today's Mass: usccb.org/bible/readings/032312.cfm
The Pope begins his apostolic visit to Mexico today.
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