{"id":8850,"date":"2025-10-02T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legionariosdecristo.org\/?p=8850"},"modified":"2025-11-14T17:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:52:17","slug":"p-pedro-barrajon-l-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/blog\/2025\/10\/p-pedro-barrajon-l-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Pedro Barraj\u00f3n, L.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fr. Pedro Barraj\u00f3n, L.C., was born on December 4, 1957, in Valdepe\u00f1as, Ciudad Real, Spain. He entered the Legion of Christ on October 4, 1974. He made his perpetual profession on April 7, 1985. During his apostolic internships, he was an assistant with ECYD and the youth section of Regnum Christi in Monterrey (1979 to 1983). He was prefect of studies for the Consecrated Laity in Mexico (1985-1986). From 1987 to 2000, he collaborated as an assistant in the general secretariat. 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