Segundo Llorente, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Segundo Llorente

Jesuit missionary in Alaska, Alaska legislator, author

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1906

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1989

Profession: writer, Jesuit

Nationality: Spain, United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Segundo Llorente Villa, S.J.
(November 18, 1906 – January 26, 1989) was a Spanish Jesuit, philosopher and author who spent 40 years as a missionary among the Yup'ik in the most remote parts of Alaska.
In 1960, he won a seat in the 2nd Alaska State Legislature as a write-in candidate, becoming the state’s first Catholic priest elected to office, as well as one of two write-in candidates elected that year from rural Alaska.
He wrote hundreds of essays and one dozen autobiographical books in Spanish and English about his life in Alaska.
Llorente is called the "favorite son" of his hometown, Mansilla Mayor.