Francisco de la Rosa

Rev. Fr. Francisco Javiel de la Rosa is a Catholic priest from the Dominican Republic incardinated in the Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana (SJM), where he is pastor of the Parroquia San Pedro Apóstol in El Cercado, SJM. He studied philosophy at the Santo Tomás de Aquino senior seminary in 2003. He became a teacher at the Buen Pastor junior seminary and the college of the same name before receiving a degree in philosophy from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCAMAIMA) in 2008. He studied theology at the Colegio Mayor of the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid for a year and completed his theological studies in the Dominican Republic. In his pastoral experience as a temporary deacon, he worked in the Santa Teresa de Jesús parish of Elías Piña in the province of Comendador. In 2014, he presented his thesis in theology, entitled “El Modelo de la Iglesia del Concilio Vaticano II y su Aplicación en la Diócesis de San Juan de la Maguana [The Model of the Church of the Vatican Council II and its Application in the Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana]" and earned a degree in Religious Science from the Seminario Santo Tomás of Aquino.