Carlos Rosas

ROSAS, Carlos. b. Linares, Nuevo León, Mexico, 4 November 1939; d. San Antonio, Texas, 12 February 2020. Catholic hymn writer, composer, church musician, and lecturer, and son of Anastacio Rosas and Isabel Delgado, he was the tenth of twelve children. He and his wife María Teresa de León (1940-2011), a citizen of the United States, were married on December 26, 1965. He resided in San Antonio, Texas, near his five children, ten grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.  Rosas’s compositions were rooted in both biblical reflection and liturgical celebration. He noted that, ‘The two go together feeding and enhancing one another’ (https://www.ocp.org/en-us/artists/166/carlos-rosas). He was...