As the ceremonial king, he presided over religious festivities celebrating Saint Benedict the Moor and was responsible for matchmaking in the Afro-Bolivian community.

[1] He is a descendant of a noble African tribe that resided in the Congo at a time before France and Belgium colonized the region.

His ancestor, Prince Uchicho of either the Kingdom of Kongo or Senegal, was captured and enslaved by the Spanish, who brought him to Bolivia in 1820 to work on an hacienda.

[1] During the religious procession, while dressed in a royal garb including a crown, scepter, sash, and embroidered cape, he was carried on a litter by members of the Afro-Bolivian community.

[3] Following his death, his eldest daughter Doña Aurora Pinedo succeeded him as princess regent until the ascension of his grandson, Julio I in 1992.