Aguilar y Domingo, Isidro (1898‒1982)

Isidro Aguilar y Domingo was a colporteur, pastor, professor, founder of the first College of Adventist Theology in Spain, and president of the Spanish Adventist Mission.

Early Years

Aguilar y Domingo was born May 22, 1898, in Matet, Castellón, Spain.¹ While working in Cartagena he was introduced to the Adventist message, and was baptized in 1924 by Pastor Pedro Sanz.²

Ministry and Administrative Work

After his baptism Aguilar y Domingo worked as a colporteur, and then studied theology at what was then called the Latin Union Training School in Collonges-sous-Salève from 1926 to 1927.

Subsequently Aguilar y Domingo did pastoral work in Vigo, Madrid, and Valencia. He was ordained as pastor in Lisbon in 1936. In 1939 he was appointed president of the Spanish Mission, a position which he held until 1950.³

Founder and Teacher of the Spanish Missionary School

In 1940 Aguilar y Domingo founded the first Spanish Missionary School for the study of theology.⁴ He also launched the publishing work so that students could obtain resources through book sales. The school closed in 1958, but he continued to teach at home.⁵ When the school reopened, he served as director until 1967, the year when it was decided to move the school to Valencia.

Death and Contribution

Aguilar y Domingo died in Madrid, Spain on July 7, 1982. In addition to his ministry, he was remembered as a great intellectual with extensive knowledge of Latin, literature, and history.⁶

Sources

Tejel, Andrés. “Columnas de la iglesia: Biografía del Pastor I. Aguilar.” Revista Adventista Española, October 1976.

Valls, Jonathan, ed. Compartiendo la esperanza, Cien años de adventismo del séptimo día en España. Madrid: Editorial Safeliz, 2003.

Notes

1. Andrés Tejel, “Columnas de la iglesia: Biografía del Pastor I. Aguilar,” Revista Adventista Española, October 1976, 14‒16.↩

2. Jonathan Valls, ed., Compartiendo la esperanza, Cien años de adventismo del séptimo día en España (Madrid: Editorial Safeliz, 2003), 159.↩

3. Ibid.↩

4. Ibid., 158. ↩

5. Tejel, 14‒16.↩

6. Valls, 159.↩