(12 July 1882 – 27 November 1954) was created on 18 February 1946 as a Cardinal Priest by Pope Pius XII.

Finally went to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where in 1922 he earned a doctorate in canon law.

He was ordained on 2 June 1906 in Arequipa, and worked as a parish priest from 1906 until 1910 in Arica, nowadays in Chile.

He worked as staff member of El Deber, the oldest newspaper in southern Peru, 1916–1940 and as its director from 1928 - 1940.

Pope Pius XII created him Cardinal Priest of Sant'Eusebio in the consistory of 18 February 1946.