Roque González y de Santa Cruz
Saint Roque González de Santa Cruz | |
|---|---|
| Martyr | |
| Born | 17 November 1576 Asunción, Governorate of the Río de la Plata, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 15 November 1628 (aged 51) Mission of Todos los Santos de Caaró, Captaincy of Rio Grande do Sul, State of Brazil, Portuguese Empire |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 28 January , 1934 by Pope Pius XI |
| Canonized | 16 May, 1988 by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 16 November |
Roque González de Santa Cruz, SJ (17 November 1576 – 15 November 1628) was a Guaraní-Spanish Jesuit priest who was the first missionary among the Guarani in Paraguay. He was murdered in 1628 and is venerated as a martyr and a saint by the Catholic Church.