José de Jesús Aguirre Escobar completed his elementary studies in the city of Caazapá until the fifth grade of elementary school, then went on to the Colegio Cristo Rey (Christ the King School) in Asunción at the age of 12. With the help of the Jesuits, he went to study at the Colegio San Miguel (Saint Miguel High School) in Córdoba, Argentina. In the same city, he studied philosophy. Aguirre entered the Compañía de Jesús (Society of Jesus) taking his first vows in 1941 and received priestly ordination in 1953. He also studied at the universities of Lyon, France, and Louvain, Belgium. He obtained the university degrees on Philosophy and Theology and Doctor in Psychology. In 1959 he completed his studies in Applied Psychology at the University of Louvain (García, 2011) and then returned to his native country. In 1963 the undergraduate Program in Psychology began at the Universidad Católica (Catholic University) in Asunción, where Dr. Aguirre joined the teaching staff, thus also began...
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Ayala-Biancotti, E.M. (2023). Aguirre Escobar, José de Jesús. In: Jacó-Vilela, A.M., Klappenbach, H., Ardila, R. (eds) The Palgrave Biographical Encyclopedia of Psychology in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56781-1_570
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