José Antonio Acosta

José Antonio Acosta (17?? in Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru – ? in Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest who served the holy charity of Buenos Aires.[1] He also served as Rector of the Real Colegio de San Carlos between 1786 and 1792.[2]

For other people with the same name, see José Acosta.
Joseph Antonio Acosta
Priest of the
ChurchBuenos Aires Cathedral
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Buenos Aires
Personal details
Born?
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Died?
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
BuriedConvento de San Francisco de Asís
Nationality Spanish
DenominationCatholic
OccupationReligious
ProfessionPresbyter

Biography

Acosta was born in Buenos Aires, son of a Creole family of Portuguese and Spanish origin. He studied at the prestigious Colegio of Monserrat located in Córdoba.[3] And he probably did his tertiary studies in University of Saint Francis Xavier.

Acosta was an active defender of the rights of the underprivileged. In 1775, he denounced before the viceregal authorities, the abuses committed by the encomendero of the tribes of the Itatí, Corrientes.[4] In 1790 Acosta served as an interim chaplain in Puerto Deseado (Patagonia).[5] He also had outstanding acting as a teacher, serving in several periods as rector of the main College of Buenos Aires.[6]

As a priest of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires, José Antonio Acosta realized the marriages and baptism of distinguished personalities of Buenos Aires, including the marriage of Patricio French de Alcala and Bernardina Manuela Dávila de Lafuente.[7] He was the priest who had blessed to Juan Gregorio de las Heras,[8] and Maria Josefa Anastacia Belgrano González, daughter of Domingo Belgrano and María Josefa González.[9] He also baptized several members of the Basavilbaso family, one of the most important families of the city.[10]

References
  1. Historia del protomedicato de Buenos Aires, El Ateneo, 1937, 1937
  2. Documentos para la historia Argentina, Volume 18, Compañía Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco, 1924
  3. Finanzas, saberes y vida cotidiana en el Colegio Monserrat, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 1999
  4. Patrimonio artístico nacional, Iris Gori, Sergio Barbieri, Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes (Argentina), 1982, ISBN 9789506120122
  5. Archivum: revista de la Junta de Historia Eclesiástica Argentina, Volumes 10-11, Argentina, 1968
  6. Colegio Real de San Carlos, Armando de Sousa Argüello, 1918
  7. San Telmo: su pasado histórico, Ediciones República de San Telmo, 1965
  8. Notas biográficas publicadas en la sección Efemérides americanas de "La Nación", José Arturo Scotto, 1910
  9. Bautismos 1752-1775, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
  10. Crónicas y linajes de la gobernación del Plata, Luis Enrique Azarola Gil


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