May 11
Mamerto Esquiú (1826–1883)
missionary bishop
Practical advice
Contribute today to resolve a community disagreement by seeking the common good and avoiding personal disqualifications.
Biography
Franciscan and Argentine bishop, Mamerto Esquiú served national reconciliation through preaching, education and an austere life. He was a professor, missionary and also a public representative in Catamarca, where he defended the constitutional organization as a way to overcome divisions. After years of ministry in Argentina and Bolivia, he was named bishop of Córdoba. He visited communities, trained seminarians, promoted popular missions and personally cared for the poor, always preserving the simplicity of a minor friar.
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