Alberto Hurtado
Alberto Hurtado, SJ (January 22, 1901 – August 18, 1952), popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation in 1944.
Hurtado was canonized on October 23, 2005, by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming his country's second saint.
Patron saint of Chile; poor people; street children; social workers; is also known as a class patron in Xavier School
In the Martyrology
- August 18 Saint Alberto Hurtado, Jesuit priest