He was Superior General of the order, properly known as the Congregation of Missionaries, Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from 1991 to 2003.

He was born in Canillas de Esgueva, Valladolid, Spain, on 17 May 1938.

In 1991 he was elected the order's Superior General and served two six-year terms.

[3] He was consecrated as the Titular Archbishop of Urusi in Madrid on 16 June by Cardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar with Cardinals Carlos Osoro Sierra and Ricardo Blázquez as co-consecrators.

[4] At the 28 June consistory, he was assigned the diaconate church of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone.