Vicente Mendoza

MENDOZA, Vicente Polanco. b. Guadalajara, Mexico, 24 December 1875; d. Mexico City, 14 June 1955. Methodist evangelist, hymn writer, and translator, he was acclaimed by many as the leading evangelist in Mexican Methodism of his generation, and the author of some of the most beloved hymns from this era in the Spanish language. Vicente P. Mendoza should not be confused with two others of his generation with a similar name: Vicente T. Mendoza (1894-1964), a Mexican Methodist musicologist, composer, and artist; and Vicente N. Mendoza (1876-1940), a prominent government official and judge in the Mexican State of Chihuahua.  Education and Evangelist Ministry  Any conversation on the history of...

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