Francisco has declared a pioneer of pediatric medicine in Guatemala, Ernesto Cofiño, to be venerable. Cofiño was born in 1899 and in 1933 he married Clemencia Samayoa with whom he had 5 children. In 1956 Ernesto discovered his vocation to Opus Dei.
His professional prestige led him to occupy the Chair of Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of San Carlos.
