Enrique San Pedro

Bishop Enrique San Pedro, S.J.
Bishop of Brownsville
Church	Catholic Church
See	Brownsville
In office	1991 — 1994
Predecessor	Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick
Successor	Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick
Orders
Ordination	March 18, 1957
Consecration	June 29, 1986
Personal details
Born	March 9, 1926 Havana, Cuba
Died	July 17, 1994 Miami, Florida
Previous post	Titular Bishop of Siccesi, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

Bishop Enrique San Pedro, S.J. (born Enrique San Pedro y Fonaguera on March 9, 1926 in Havana, Cuba - July 17, 1994 in Miami, Florida USA) was a Jesuit missionary and the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville.

Enrique San Pedro was born March 9, 1926 in Havana, Cuba, the second child and oldest son of María Antonia Fornaguera and Enrique San Pedro y Xiques. His siblings were: Silvia, Berta and Javier San Pedro y Fornaguera.

San Pedro studied at Colegio de Belén and entered the novitiate of the Jesuits at Escuela Apostólica y Seminario Menor, en Sagua la Grande on December 7, 1941 in Cienfuegos. After two years of novitiate, he underwent four years of classical (Greek and Latin) studies in Havana and in Salamanca, where he received a master's degree in classical literature. These studies were followed by three years of Philosophy at Comillas Pontifical University in Spain. He was sent to Manila to study Mandarin, Tagalog and Vietnamese. He also taught social sciences and Latin at the Jesuit school in the Philippines. San Pedro also studied theology in Baguio, Philippines.

San Pedro was ordained a priest on March 18, 1957. He continued his studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and received his doctorate in sacred scripture from the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

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