 On 8 May 1903, on the Feast of the Apparition of St. Michael, he received from his brother the tonsure and minor orders.On 5 June 1904, in the Church of San Francisco El Grande, he received the subdiaconate from Bishop Francisco Orozco y Jiménez, Bishop of Chiapas.On 13 June 1904 in the Church of San Antonio de Padua, his brother Martín ordained him a deacon, and he was ordained to the priesthood on the morning of 19 June 1904 in the chapel of the Archbishop's palace of Puebla.