Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga S.J. (born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga on January 22 1901 Viña del Mar Chile – August 18 1952 Santiago Chile) popularly known in Chile as Padre Hurtado (Spanish: Father Hurtado) was a Chilean Jesuit priest lawyer social worker and writer of Basque origin founder of the Hogar de Cristo foundation. He was canonized on October 23 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI becoming his country’s second saint.
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