 He was ordained a priest on 27 June 1954.He was chaplain of Colegio Mayor Universitario Guadalupe of Madrid, from 1956 until 1960.He served as professor at the Hispanicamerican Theological Seminary of Madrid, from 1956 to 1964 and director of the Department of Pastoral of Obra de Cooperación Sacerdotal Hispanoamericana (OCSHA) from 1957 to 1961.