Saint Roque González de Santa Cruz born in Asunción Paraguay on 17 November 1576 and died (assassinated) on 15 November 1628 was a Jesuit priest of Spanish descent missionary among the Guarani people in the Reductions of Paraguay. He was the son of Don Bartolomé González de Villaverde and Doña María de Santa Cruz who were Spanish nobles. Roque González spoke Guaraní fluently from an early age. At the age of 22 he was ordained priest by the bishop of Córdoba.
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