José Antonio Olivar

OLIVAR, José Antonio. b. Lastres, Spain, 1939; d. Madrid, Spain, March 2019. José Antonio Olivar Cubiella was the son of a sailor and a dressmaker. After his parents and four siblings died of tuberculosis, his grandmother raised him. He entered Covadonga Seminary at age thirteen, and then attended the Metropolitan Seminary of Oviedo (Prau Picón), where he continued to nurture his love of poetry. After serving as a priest in Villaviciosa for four years, he left the priesthood. Olivar devoted the remainder of his life to journalism in Madrid and to composing the lyrics for more than 30 albums of sacred music. Following his initial position at EFE, a Spanish international news agency, he...