Domingo Marrero Navarro

Marrero Navarro died on August 20, 1960, in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, at 51 years of age.

In 1945, he started graduate studies in philosophy at Columbia University. Likewise in 1946, he starts graduate studies in Hebrew literature, and theology and philosophy of religion at Drew University, and starts studies with professor Paul Tillich in the Union Theological Seminary. In 1949 he received a Law Degree (LL.D.) from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

In 1935, he traveled to the Dominican Republic as a missionary of the Methodist Church, where he stayed until 1938. In 1938, he returned to Puerto Rico, where he worked for the next five years as chaplain of the Evangelical University Students Fraternity of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. In that same year, he received a B.A. degree in Theology at the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico. From 1945 to 1954, Marrero was Professor of Biblical Literature, Philosophy, and Theology at the Evangelical Seminary. Between 1945 and 1950, he held various positions at the University of Puerto Rico. He was dean of the School of General Studies.

On March 15, 1935 he married Carmen Luisa Castillo and they had five children: Domingo, Carmín, Quisqueya, Nora and Ernesto.

In 1929 Marrero Navarro received a Diploma in Theology from the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico. His first pastorship was in 1930 at the Methodist Church of Garrochales, Arecibo, Puerto Rico. In 1932, he completed a B.A. in Education from the University of Puerto Rico. He was awarded the "Medalla Quijote" at that institution.

Domingo Marrero Navarro (1909–1960) was a Puerto Rican educator, writer, and speaker.

Reverend Professor Domingo Marrero Navarro was born in the Belgica community of Barrio Cuarto, Ponce, Puerto Rico, on 11 January 1909. He was the son of Don Domingo Marrero and Doña Antonia Navarro.