He is an eminent figure of the Spanish Catholic laity. Born into a family with a lively and concrete faith, he was entrusted to the Jesuits at the age of seven in whose college, Istituto San José, he studied until he reached maturity. He always remains tied to the Jesuit fathers.
In 1921 he enrolled in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy and Law in Valencia, and attended organized groups of young Catholics and the Marian Congregation. He engaged in a fruitful apostolic work until he graduated in 1926. During his university period he accompanied the servant of God Angel Herrera Oria on various trips to Europe. He later graduated in law at the University of Madrid. In 1930 he began his career as a lawyer. On May 25, 1933, he marries Carmen Echeturia and, in July 1935, their first daughter is born. Also in 1935, he moved to Madrid.
In 1936 his wife died and he moved with his family to Torrente da Valencia where his father lived. He writes his brother a letter about his wife's illness and how he welcomes her death: a moving testimony of love and tenderness, of hope and renewed apostolic concern. He prays and suffers from the hatred he feels, intensifies union with God.
He is known for his tireless Christian and associative commitment: he was secretary and president of the Federation of Catholic Students in Valencia and member of the National Council, president of the Congregation of Mary Immaculate and St. Louis Gonzaga in Valencia, general secretary of the Association of Propagandists in Madrid.
One of his statements denotes the spirit with which he acts especially among young people: «My mission is to achieve the unity of Catholics. Before you sow, you have to plow."
His activity as a member of Catholic Action led him to organize the Catholic Congress in Madrid and he was considered dangerous for the regime. On November 28, 1936 he was assassinated with the rosary in his hand, praying not to kill him from behind, with his arms in the shape of a cross, forgiving his killers.
He was beatified on March 11, 2001, in Rome in the group of Spanish Martyrs (José Aparicio Sanz and 232 companions).
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