A man of ardent zeal, he combated the enemies of the Church through the press, catechesis, and by founding in 1876 the Company of St Teresa, a congregation of sisters dedicated to teaching which today (1952) has 67 schools, 3,000 religious, and 25,000 pupils. O. y C. succeeded in assimilating and living the spirit of St Teresa. In 1876 he led to Rome a pilgrimage of 8,000 devotees of the Saint. The body of the servant of God rests in the church of the novitiate of Tortosa, belonging to the Institute. Since 1926 the process of his beatification has been under way.
BIBL.: anon., Vida del siervo de Dios E. O. y C., Barcelona n.d.