Agustín Blessing Presinger


Agustín Blessing Presinger was a German priest, bishop, and missionary. He was the first to reach to the summit of Mount Chirripó, in 1904.

Biography

Presinger was born on May 11, 1868. He became a priest on February 24, 1894. Presinger became to first to reach the peak of Mount Chirripó, the highest peak of Costa Rica, in 1904. He became a bishop on May 1, 1922, and died on February 1, 1934.