Juan Nepomuceno Solá

Juan Nepomuceno Solá (1751-1819) was an Argentine Catholic priest.[1] He had an active participation in the political life of the Río de la Plata.[2]

Juan Nepomuceno Solá
Priest of the
Current facade of the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Montserrat
ChurchNuestra Señora de Montserrat
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Buenos Aires
Personal details
Birth nameJuan Nepomuceno Javier Antonio Solá Indá
BornMarch 1, 1751
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
DiedDecember 19, 1819
Buenos Aires, United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata
BuriedBuenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Nationality Argentine
DenominationCatholic
OccupationReligious
ProfessionPresbyter
Signature

Biography

Juan Nepomuceno was born in Buenos Aires, son of Miguel de Solá y Solá de Medinaceli, born in Biscay, and Juana de Indá y Tirado, belonging to a traditional Creole family of Spanish and Portuguese origin.[3] Through his mother he was a descendant of Ñuño Fernández Lobo, being a distant relative of Juan Cayetano Fernández de Agüero, of outstanding performance as parish priest of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires.[4]

After completing his elementary studies he graduated as a doctor of theology from the University of Saint Francis Xavier in 1774.[5] That same year he was ordained as a priest, being appointed Provisor and Vicar General of the bishopric and interim parish priest of the church of San Nicolás de Bari in 1776.[6]

Juan Nepomuceno Solá had been the head of the Church of Montserrat for years, when he was invited to participate in the open town hall on May 22, 1810.[7] He integrated the first governing board, previous to the formation of the Primera Junta.[8]

References
  1. Claros orígenes de la democracia argentina:, Editorial Oberón
  2. Coleccion de obras y documentos relativos á la historia antigua y ..., Volume 1, Pedro De Angelis
  3. Boletín del Instituto de San Felipe y Santiago de Estudios Históricos de Salta, Volume 1, El Instituto, 1938
  4. Genealogía, hombres de mayo, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
  5. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de la Historia, Volumes 53-55, Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina)
  6. Archivo Artigas, Volume 3, Uruguay. Comisión Nacional Archivo Artigas
  7. Boletín de la Comisión nacional de museos y monumentos históricos, Volume 6, Comisión nacional de museos y monumentos históricos
  8. Registro nacional de la República argentina, República Argentina
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