He studied Humanities and carried out ecclesiastical studies in Sarria (Lugo) and Poio (Pontevedra). On 10th June 1950, he was ordained as a priest. He took a degree in Philosophy at the Pontifical University of Salamanca (1954) and 'Complutense' University in Madrid (1970). In 1979, he took his doctor's degree, presenting the doctoral thesis El hombre y sus creaciones en C.G. Jung. He enjoyed a scholarship at the Spanish School in Paris (1956-58) and was a Professor of Psychology at the Psychology College (Pontifical University of Salamanca). From 1992 to 2000, he was a Professor at 'La Experiencia' University in León-Castille. He gave many courses all over Spain and abroad.
These are some of his most important works: Las grandes líneas de la Psicología religiosa actual, Psicología y Pensamiento Existencial (Madrid, 1963); Psicología profunda y ética (Universidad de Madrid, 1970); Freud y Jung: dos modelos antropomórficos (Sígueme, Salamanca, 1981); La Psicología de la Personalidad en C. G. Jung (Sígueme, Salamanca, 1981); Notas para una lectura de las "Moradas" de Santa Teresa, desde la Psicologia Profunda (Pontifical University of Salamanca, 1982); Freud y Jung, Exploradores del Inconsciente (Cíncel, Madrid, 1986); Apariciones. Aspectos psicológicos en Diccionario de Mariología (Paulinas, Madrid, 1988); La psicotrafia en C.G. Jung (in collaboration) Psicotrafías Dinámicas (Salamanca University, 1989); Antropología Analítica en C. G. Jung (in collaboration). Nuevas Antropologías siglo XX (Salamanca, 1994) and Psicología de Jesús en Diccionario de Jesús de Nazaret (Montecarmelo, Burgos, 2001).
He worked as a teacher at Poio Monastery (1960-66) and was one of the founders and director of 'Christus Magister' Institute (1967-68). He was also an assitant of the Spanish Federation of Mercedarian Nuns (1982-2002).