# Padre Escolastico Herrera — Death Comes for the Archbishop character guide

> Padre Escolastico Herrera in Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Padre Escolastico

**First appearance:** 0010-ii-the-lonely-road-to-mora

## Who they are

A priest who serves in a remote parish in New Mexico.

## In the story

### [A Bell and a Miracle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/death_comes_for_the_archbishop_se/chapters/iv-a-bell-and-a-miracle)

An elderly native priest who recounts the story of the Virgin of Guadalupe's appearance to Juan Diego.

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