Famous People with Name Evelio

Evelio Bellaflor Javier            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Evelio Bellaflor Javier: was a Filipino lawyer, civil servant, politician, and an oppositionist during the authoritarian regime of President Ferdinand Marcos. Due to these activities, he was assassinated by the regime on February 11, 1986.Evelio Javier was born on October 14, 1942, in Barangay Lanag (now Brgy. Evelio Javier), Hamtic, Antique, to Everardo Autajay Javier (Moscoso) and Feliza Bellaflor. He finished his grade school in San Jose Elementary School in San Jose, Antique and graduated high school and college in Ateneo de Manila University.

Álvaro Cepeda Samudio            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Álvaro Cepeda Samudio: was born in Bogotá, Colombia, on March 20, 1958. He is a Colombian writer and journalist, who reached international acclaim after winning in 2006 the prestigious Tusquets Prize. Evelio Rosero studied primary school in Colombia’s southern city of Pasto, and high school in Bogotá, where he later attended Universidad Externado de Colombia obtaining a degree in Journalism. When he was 21, he won Colombia’s Premio Nacional de Cuento del Quindío 1979 (National Short Story Award of Quindío), for his piece Ausentes (The Departed) that was published by Instituto Colombiano de Cultura in the book 17 Cuentos colombianos (17 Colombian Short Stories). In 1982 he was awarded with the Premio Iberoamericano de Libro de Cuentos Netzahualcóyotl, in Mexico City for his earlier stories, and that same year, a novella under the title Papá es santo y sabio (Dad is holy and wise) won Spain’s Premio Internacional de Novela Breve Valencia. After these early successess, Rosero fled to Europe and lived first in Paris and later in Barcelona. His first novel in 1984 was Mateo Solo (Mateo Alone), which began his trilogy known as Primera Vez (First Time). Mateo Solo is a story about a child convicted in his own home. Mateo knows about the outside world for what he sees through the windows. It is a novel of dazzling confinement, where sight is the main character: his sister, his aunt, his nanny all play their own game while allowing Mateo to keep his hope for identity in plotting his own escape.

Evelio Diaz-Cia            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Evelio Diaz-Cia: was the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Havana. He was ordained a priest on September 12, 1926 and was named Chaplain of the Cathedral of Havana. On June 18, 1927, he was assigned to the Parish of Nuestra Señora de Montserrate. On April 2, 1940, named Chaplain to the Ursulines Sisters. On September 10, 1935, he was named Professor of Church History and Sociology at the San Carlos y San Ambrosio Seminary. He was assigned to the parish of Santo Ángel on February 15, 1939 and on April 11, 1940, Vice-Rector of the Seminary and six days after that Chaplain of the Sagrado Corazón de Tejadillo. He was named Titular Bishop of Lamdia and named Auxiliary Bishop of Cardinal Manuel Arteaga-Betancourt, Archbishop of Havana and Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis on March 21, 1959. On that same date he was named Apostolic Administrator of Pinar del Río and remained in that position until January 16, 1960 when Mons. Manuel Rodriguez-Rozas was named Bishop of Pinar del Río. On May 31, 1959 he declared his approval the Agrian Reforms in the magazine Bohemia without knowing how it was to be implemented. Promoted to Titular Archbishop of Petra di Palestina and named Coadjutor sedis datus of Havana on November 14, 1959. He participated in the National Catholic Congress held in Havana on November 28–29, 1959. He was arrested and held for a few days in April 1961 during the Bay of Pigs Invasion. On August 4, 1961, Diaz-Cia was given the right of succession to the Archdiocese of Havana. He succeeded as Archbishop of Havana on March 21, 1963 upon the death of Cardinal Arteaga. On April 10, 1969 he was pressured to sign a document asking for the ending of the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. He resigned his office of Archbishop of Havana and took the title of Titular Archbishop of Celene on January 26, 1970. He was succeeded by Mons. Francisco Ricardo Oves-Fernandez, Titular Bishop of Montecorvino and Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Cienfuegos. Diaz-Cia renounced his titular see and assumed the title of Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Havana on December 26, 1970.

Evelio González            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Evelio González: is a Cuban fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.