Augustinian Confreres of Leo XIV at the 1995 Pachamama Gathering
· Fr. Miguel Fuertes Prieto
· Fr. Giovanni Boffelli
· Fr. Joaquín García Sánchez
· Fr. Walker Dávila Rios
Fr Miguel Fuertes Prieto was the Diocesan Administrator for the Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos, Peru (2019-2021). In 2020, he supported a COVID-themed nativity set in the Iquitos cathedral. He is currently rector of the cathedral parish San Juan Bautista.
Fr Giovanni Boffelli was a long-term Augustinian missionary in Apurímac, Peru. He is linked to a childcare house in Chuquibambilla (2009), the “Lucia Vannucci Maiani” polyclinic in Cusco (2010), and a home for the elderly in Cotabambas (2012).
Spanish born Fr Joaquín García Sánchez (+2024) spent most of his life in Iquitos. He was also involved with the Pontifical University (PUCP) of Peru. He founded the Center for Theological Studies of the Amazon (CETA) in May 1972 and dressed always as a layman.
Fr Walker Dávila Ríos also served in Iquitos, Peruvian Amazon. He works as priest in a poor region operating a soup kitchen that feeds approximately 250 households three times a week.
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