Arnulfo Mejía Rojas (15 August 1956 in Santa Cruz Aquiahuac, Tetlatlahuaca, Mexico – 18 April 2016 in José María Morelos Buenavista) was an engineer, architect, teacher, historian,[1] painter, artist and Catholic priest, most well known for being the creator of The Boat of the Faith.

[2][3][4][5] Arnulfo Mejia Rojas was born into a humble family of eleven children in the community of Santa Cruz Aquiahuac, in the municipality of Tetlatlahuca, in the state of Tlaxcala, on 15 August 1956.

According to some media, on 20 December 2015, after celebrating a Mass in the so-called "boat" had a series of disappointments with some citizens of the community, which ultimately led to a stroke and emergency hospitalization.

He remained in the hospital for about three weeks until he left to live in the house of his sister, Adelaida Mejia Rojas, in Contla John Cuamantzi.

His funeral was held on 20 April, after two days of fúnebres cults, with an estimated attendance of 5,000 persons, inside the Barca de la Fe, in one of the five crypts that it had ordered to be built some time ago.