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William Loperena
Short Name: William Loperena
Full Name: Loperena, William
Birth Year: 1935
Death Year: 1996

William Loperena, O.P.

Father William Loperena was born in Moca, Puerto Rico on December 14, 1935. He was the middle son of Evaristo Loperena Ortega and America Soto Hernández. Raised in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico where he studied at the Colegio San Carlos. He attended the diocesan seminar San Ildefonso in Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Eventually joined the Order of Preachers known as Dominicans on August 16, 1955. Studied philosophy in Dover, Massachusetts, Washington and theology in Nijmegen, Holland. He became an ordained priest in the Netherlands on September 25, 1961.

In 1968, he composed a complete Catholic mass infused with cultural elements of Puerto Rico including folk music and deeply rooted traditions which he called Misa Jíbara that was recorded in the studio of the Dominican seminar in Bayamon, PR, and in the Church del Santo Cristo de la Salud in Comerío, PR.

Father William Loperena had vast knowledge of music and was a music composer of several genres including classical, folkloric and popular. His contribution to the music is recognized and appreciated throughout Puerto Rico, USA and Latin America, not only in Catholic Churches but also in the Protestant churches.

He was also a pianist, poet, playwright, writer, sociologist, and university professor.

Helga Rosado Loperena (niece)


Tunes by William Loperena (11)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
COMERÍA (11311)William Loperena (Adapter)311311 74661 35113
CREO EN DIOSWilliam Loperena (Adapter)334516 53455 17764
DOMINICOS (Loperena)William Loperena (Composer)353344 66533 33444
EN SANTA HERMANDADWilliam Loperena (Composer)651133 27661 17551
LOPERENA,(Loperena 11345)William Loperena (Composer)311345 55431 15577
LOPERENA (Loperena, Zayas 11112)William Loperena (Composer)511112 32175 42222
SALMO 1 (Loperena)William Loperena (Adapter)344445 65144 44323
SALMO 119 (Flores)William Loperena (Adapter)344445 65144 44323
SAN ALBERTO (Loperena)William Loperena (Composer)312345 56545 51234
[Santo, santo santo Dios de gloria y poder]William Loperano (Composer)435171 53517 16461
[Yo soy Pan de vida y vida daré]William Loperena, OP (Composer)212345 51765
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