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‘Bishop Bogarín was a great teacher for Misiones,’ says community leader

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Residents in Misiones, Paraguay, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the death of Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña, the first bishop of the Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones.
  • Community leader María Nemesia Ramírez said he taught farmers and young people about their dignity and rights.
  • A religious service took place at the settlement named after Bogarín, where about 50 farming families now live.

“Bishop Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña was a great prophet and teacher for Misiones. He worked with the people and was always close to them,” María Nemesia Ramírez said as the community marked 50 years since his death.

Ramírez, a leader in the settlement that bears Bogarín’s name, remembered him as the first diocesan bishop of Misiones and as someone who devoted himself to rural communities. She said he encouraged farmers and young people to awaken to their dignity and defend their rights within their communities and the country.

Bishop Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña was a great prophet and teacher for Misiones. He worked with the people and was always close to them.

· María Nemesia RamírezThe community leader recalled Bogarín’s close relationship with residents.

“Bishop Bogarín was the first diocesan bishop of Misiones. He was a great teacher, a great prophet and a great father to me and to many people,” Ramírez said. She credited him with evangelizing young farmers and creating the Christian Agrarian Youth and the Christian Agrarian Leagues.

Bishop Bogarín was the first diocesan bishop of Misiones. He was a great teacher, a great prophet and a great father to me and to many people.

· María Nemesia RamírezRamírez described Bogarín’s religious and personal influence.

Bogarín worked extensively with farmers, whom he regarded as one of the country’s most vulnerable groups and as people who needed greater awareness of their rights. “Bogarín made us awaken to know our dignity and our rights. That is what the priest did, and that is why he will never die within us, because he planted that seed in our souls,” Ramírez said.

The anniversary was commemorated with a Eucharistic celebration at the National Technical Agricultural School named for Bogarín, presided over by Father David Hernández. The settlement was created 26 years ago after his evangelizing work and now has about 50 families engaged in agricultural production.

Bogarín made us awaken to know our dignity and our rights. That is what the priest did, and that is why he will never die within us, because he planted that seed in our souls.

· María Nemesia RamírezShe explained why the community continues to remember his legacy.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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