Peña, Roberto, b. 1923,
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Born 1923 in Estacion Aldamos, Nuevo Leon, and raised in Harlingen, Texas, Mr. Peña was the first Mexican American missionary oblate priest in Texas in one hundred years at the time of his appointment. In addition to performing parish work (beginning with his first appointment in 1956) he helped organize Catholic Mexican American priests within the Padres Asociados para los Derechos Religiosos, Educativos, y Sociales (PADRES) organization.
From the description of Oral history interview with Roberto Peña, 1998 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 49969472
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- Mexican American Catholics
- Mexican American clergy
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans
- Race discrimination
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- Texas (as recorded)
- Texas, South (as recorded)
