Juan Cayetano Fernández de Agüero

Juan Cayetano Fernández de Agüero (1715-1797) was a Spanish Catholic priest born in Buenos Aires.[1] He served during the Viceroyalty of Peru and the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, performing his functions as a priest Rector of the Cathedral Church of Buenos Aires.[2]

Juan Cayetano Fernández de Agüero
Rector of the
ChurchCatedral de Buenos Aires (1772-1797)
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Buenos Aires
Personal details
BornAugust 7, 1715
Buenos Aires, Argentina
DiedFebruary 25, 1797
Buenos Aires, Argentina
BuriedMetropolitan Cathedral
Nationality Spanish
DenominationCatholic
Signature

Biography

He was baptized with his twin sister Bernarda Francisca in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires on August 11, 1715,[3] being his parents Amador Fernández de Agüero and Petrona Cabral de Ayala, belonging to a distinguished family of the city.[4] He probably studied at the University of Charcas where he received his degree in Ecclesiastical Sciences.[5]

At the beginning of his ecclesiastical career, Fernández de Aguero served in the parish San Antonio de Padua of Areco, being the third parish priest to perform functions in that church.[6] He was the longest-lived priest of the Buenos Aires Cathedral performing for more than twenty-five years.[7] At the head of the Cathedral he held the positions of prosecutor of the ecclesiastical court, deputy commissioner of the Holy Office, also serving as priest and vicar judge.[8]

Juan Cayetano Fernández de Agüero carried out several studies on the genealogy of the families of Buenos Aires, and certifying the ancestry of the Canaverys Esparza family[9] and others with Amador Vaz de Alpoim and Margarita Cabral de Melo, belonging to the Portuguese nobility.[10]

He came from the same family, his paternal grandfather Ignacio Fernández de Agüero, was an army General who served twice as Alcalde of Buenos Aires.[11] By maternal line, Fernández de Aguero was descended from the illustrious families of Juan Cabral de Melo Alpoin and Inés Leal de Ayala, daughter of the former governor of the Río de la Plata and Paraguay, Mateo Leal de Ayala, born in Madrid (Spain).[12]

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References
  1. Nacimiento y desarrollo de la filsofía en el Río de la Plata, 1536-1810, Guillermo Fúrlong Cárdiff
  2. Boletín, Volume 28, Part 1, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas
  3. Bautismos 1713-1727, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
  4. Diccionario biográfico colonial argentino, Institución Mitre
  5. Humanidades, Volume 25, Issue 1, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
  6. Anales de la Junta de Estudios Históricos de San Antonio de Areco, Volume 1, Junta de Estudios Históricos de San Antonio de Areco
  7. Alocuciones y pangeíricos, Adolfo P. Carranza, Guillermo Archával, Museo Histórico Nacional (Argentina)
  8. Trabajos de investigacion y de tesis.̈, Issue 9, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Didáctica
  9. Matrimonios 1656-1762, Catedral de Buenos Aires
  10. Revista patriótica del pasado argentino, Volume 1, Manuel Ricardo Trelles
  11. Historia de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, Enrique de Gandía
  12. Revista del Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay, Volume 14, El Instituto
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