Alvaro Rodriguez Echeverria
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Alvaro Rodriguez Echeverria (b. San Jose, Costa Rica) is the 27th superior general of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, or De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic teaching order.
He joined the Central America district of the De La Salle Brothers in 1959 and attended Gustituto San Pio X, Salamanca, Cienicas religiosas 1961-1964 and Universidad La Salle de México, Filosofía 1968-1972. He taught and was involved in vocation work from 1964-1981 and held administration roles in the Central American district from 1981 to 1992. In 1992 he was elected Vicar General for the order, based in the motherhouse in Rome. In 2000 he was elected to a 10-year term as Superior General of the order.
