His basic education took place at Escuela Primaria de Payita and at Mercedes Bello in Nagua and his secondary education at the Seminario Menor San Pío X in Licey al Medio, Santiago de los Caballeros, which he entered on 30 September 1967.

He studied philosophy at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in Santiago de los Caballeros and theology in the Pontifical Seminary Saint Thomas Aquinas [es] in Santo Domingo.

Beginning in 1990 he had responsibility for spiritual formation and was professor of pastoral theology at the Pontifical Seminary Saint Thomas Aquinas in Santo Domingo.

[1] On 1 February 1997, at the creation of the Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís, Pope John Paul II named him its bishop.

[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 15 March from Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo.