Jacinto Vera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacinto Vera

Uruguayan bishop (1813 – 1881), first Catholic bishop of Montevideo.

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1813

Place of Birth: Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Date of Death: 06-May-1881

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: Uruguay

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jacinto Vera y Durán (3 July 1813 - 6 May 1881) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Montevideo.
He was an active prelate in Montevideo though his efforts to renew the priesthood and ecclesial initiatives bought him into conflict with the government who exiled him to Buenos Aires in 1862 where he was until 1863.
It was at that stage a revolution had taken place and he was invited to return where he was met with a grand welcome.
His objectives included visiting rural locations and this increased once he was appointed as the first Montevideo diocesan bishop.
There is a barrio of Montevideo that is named after him.The fame for holiness on Vera's part became widespread during and after his death with people citing his apostolic zeal but his active and bold approach to virtue in normal life; it was this that led to people calling for his cause of sainthood to be introduced which happened under Pope Pius XI in 1935.
In 2015 the confirmation of his life of heroic virtue allowed for Pope Francis to title him as Venerable.