Dr. Antonio Márquez (b. 1923 - d. 2010), poet, painter and academic, was born in Arriate, Malaga, Spain. As a young man he studied in Spain under the Jesuit order, and went on to study in Ecuador (1951- 1953) as a member of that order, then went on to to study in the U.S. at the Seminary of St. Andrew’s in Hyde Park, NY. Márquez completed his Doctorate in Philosophy of Religion from Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain in 1970.