The Rev. Jorge Lara-Braud

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA) (PCUSA)
Organization: Presbyterian Church (USA)

The late Rev. Jorge Lara-Braud was a professor and lay minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He died in 2008.

Lara-Braud had a long career working for the promotion of human rights, improved education, justice, cross-cultural understanding, and international peace.

A native of Mexico, Lara-Braud became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1972. He earned a master's degree in international relations and pursued the doctor of divinity degree at Princeton Theological Seminary.

His career included professorships at Austin and San Francisco theological seminaries as well as work with the National Council of Churches and the Council of Theology and Culture for the Presbyterian Church. His most recent full-time position was lay pastor at El Buen Pastor Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX.