Complex sentence: His father Benito Soliven was orphaned early and had a difficult childhood but he eventually was accepted to a Jesuit college in Vigan where he excelled in all subjects, acquired a mastery of Spanish and a good grasp of Latin.
Split into simpler sentences: His father Benito Soliven was orphaned early and had a difficult childhood. But he eventually was accepted to a Jesuit college in Vigan, where he excelled in all subjects, and acquired a mastery of Spanish and a good grasp of Latin.