Agustín Blessing Presinger

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

Biography

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