Cesáreo Gabaráin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cesáreo Gabaráin

Spanish priest and musician

Date of Birth: 16-May-1936

Place of Birth: Hernani, Basque Country, Spain

Date of Death: 30-Apr-1991

Profession: composer, Catholic priest, hymnwriter

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Cesáreo Gabaráin

  • Cesáreo Gabaráin (April 30, 1936 – April 20, 1991) was a Spanish priest and composer of liturgical songs such as Pescador de hombres (Fisher of Men).
  • He received a Gold Record award in Spain, and his music is well known and sung by English and Spanish-speaking people.
  • Gabaráin became a hymn-writer when he was thirty and went on to write about five hundred songs.
  • He tried to write songs that were easy to learn and be sung by the entire congregation.
  • His hymns support moments of personal and communal prayer and praise to God.Cesáreo Gabaráin was born in Hernani (Guipúzcoa) in 1936.
  • In addition to music, from 1946 to 1952 he studied at the seminary in Zaragoza and at the Seminario Mayor de San Sebastian.
  • He was ordained a priest in 1959.
  • In the 1960s and 1970s, he was a chaplain at various colleges and nursing homes.
  • In the 1980s, Gabaráin was an assistant priest in his parish in Madrid and head of a religious department at a college.
  • In 1991 he died of cancer at the age of 55.Named a chaplain prelate of Pope John Paul II, Cesáreo Gabaráin had 37 albums.
  • He conducted workshops in 22 U.S.
  • cities before his death in Anzuola in 1991.
  • He ministered to cyclists participating in the Tour de France and other athletes.
  • Five of his hymns are in the United Methodist Hymnal, the most popular of which is “Fisher of Men.” This hymn, which features a well-loved gentle melody, was used in two movies.
  • When a tour guide in Palestine said the hymn was written by Lake Tiberias, Cesáreo Gabaráin smiled because he had written it in Madrid.
  • “Fisher of Men” has been translated into more than 80 languages.

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