Serving as Archbishop Chacón's secretary until 1934, he was also secretary of the archdiocesan curia and vicar general of Mérida from 1929 to 1953.
Kao tajnik nadbiskupa Chacona služio je do 1934. godine, bio je i tajnik nadbiskupske kurija i generalni vikar Méride od 1929. do 1953. godine.