Early life and education He was born in
Villa de Vitor in the
Archdiocese of Arequipa. Educated at the
Seminary of San Jerónimo, Arequipa and
University of San Agustin. Graduated in 1912 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree. Finally went to the
Pontifical Gregorian University in
Rome, where in 1922 he earned a
doctorate in
canon law.
Priesthood He was ordained on 2 June 1906 in
Arequipa, and worked as a parish
priest from 1906 until 1910 in
Arica, nowadays in
Chile. He was expelled by the
Chilean Government when it claimed the province that he was working in. He became Vice-
rector of the Seminary of Arequipa, in 1910, where he stayed for ten years until 1920. He was named
sacristan of the cathedral of Arequipa 1916 - 1920. He worked as staff member of
El Deber, the oldest newspaper in southern
Peru, 1916–1940 and as its director from 1928 - 1940.
Episcopate Guevara was appointed
Bishop of
Trujillo by
Pope Pius XII on 15 December 1940. When the diocese of Trujillo was elevated to an archdiocese he became its first
archbishop on 23 May 1943. Appointed as
Military Vicars of Peru on 13 January 1945 and retained that office until his death. Transferred to the
metropolitan see of
Lima on 16 December 1945.
Cardinalate Pope Pius XII created him
Cardinal Priest of ''
Sant'Eusebio'' in the
consistory of 18 February 1946. He was thus the first Peruvian cardinal ever created. Died in 1954 of
cancer in
Lima. Buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Lima. ==Public morality==