Fray José María Vargas Arévalo O.P.

(1902–1988) was an Ecuadorian Dominican friar, writer, and historian.

He was born in Chordeleg, province of Azuay, Ecuador on November 9, 1902.

[1] He wrote a biography of Fray Pedro Bedón and one about Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás.

He received Ecuador's National Prize "Premio Eugenio Espejo" in the Culture category in 1984.