Alberto Rivera

Religious Author

Birthday September 19, 1935

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Spain

DEATH DATE Jun 20, 1997 (61)

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About

Remembered for his vocal opposition to Roman Catholicism, this Fundamentalist Christian blamed the Catholic Church for everything from Nazism and Communism to economic recessions and presidential assassinations. His rhetoric fueled the conspiracy theories of evangelical Christian comic book writer Jack T. Chick.

Before Fame

His background is subject to debate: he claimed to have been a Jesuit priest before converting to Protestantism; however, a journalistic expose revealed that he was likely a career criminal.

Trivia

He died in his early sixties and was laid to rest in Tulsa, Oklahoma's Rose Hill Cemetery.

Family Life

Like the details of his early life, the specifics of his family situation are somewhat murky. Born in Spain, he eventually relocated to the United States, where he may have had two children with a woman named Carmen Lydia Torres.

Associated With

Rivera not only influenced Jack T. Chick's work, but was actually featured in several of Chick's comics, including The Prophet, The Godfathers, and Double Cross.