Arnulfo Mejía Rojas
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Arnulfo Mejía Rojas | |
|---|---|
| parish priest | |
Mejía Rojas in front of La Barca de la Fe | |
| Native name | Arnulfo Mejía Rojas |
| Church | Catholic |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1974 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arnulfo Mejía Rojas 15 August 1956 |
| Died | 16 April 2016 (aged 59) |
| Buried | Jose Maria Morelos Buenavista |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Residence | Jose Maria Morelos Buenavista |
| Occupation | Priest, philosopher |
Arnulfo Mejía Rojas (15 August 1956 in Santa Cruz Aquiahuac, Tetlatlahuaca, Mexico – 18 April 2016 in José María Morelos Buenavista) was an engineer, architect, teacher, historian,[1] painter, artist and Catholic priest, most well known for being the creator of The Boat of the Faith.[2][3][4][5]
Arnulfo Mejia Rojas was born into a humble family of eleven children in the community of Santa Cruz Aquiahuac, in the municipality of Tetlatlahuca, in the state of Tlaxcala, on 15 August 1956. After several attempts to enter the Seminary of Tlaxcala, he was ordained as a priest in 1979, then spent a short period of time as vicar at the Cathedral of Tlaxcala, until he was sent in the same year to the Parish of Apostolos Andreas, in the northwest state. A marginalized area, comprising 14 separated by various valleys and hills, each communities. He always used the dicharacheria. Sometimes he had more authority than the president of the community, because with various festivities and celebrations were community organizing. Shortly after arriving at that community, he began working in raising pigs and cattle. At the same time he became a professor of subjects such as Philosophy, Ethics and Values, Psychology, among others in the same community COBAT. He stayed for 31 years until his retirement in 2015.[citation needed]
Architectural legacy
His most notable work was "La Barca de la Fe".
