Adolfo Alejandro Nouel

Adolfo Alejandro Nouel

Adolfo Alejandro Nouel Bobadilla (born December 12, 1862 in Santo Domingo , † June 26, 1937 ibid) was a Dominican clergyman , politician , President of the Dominican Republic and Archbishop of Santo Domingo .

biography

Rise to Archbishop of Santo Domingo

After attending school, he completed training at the preparatory college (Colegio de El Estudio) and at the Seminary of Santo Domingo, the study of philosophy , Catholic theology and canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana) in Rome followed the he graduated in 1883 with a doctorate in philosophy and licensed degrees in Catholic theology and canon law. In Santo Domingo he was a student of the former president, Monsignor Fernando Arturo de Meriño . In addition, he completed several years of study in Rome and during this time lived at the Pontifical Latin American College (Pontificio Colegio Pío Latino Americano).

After Merino was appointed Archbishop of Santo Domingo in Rome in 1885 , he returned with him to his homeland, where he was ordained a priest on December 19, 1885 . In 1888 he was first a priest in San Juan and then in 1890 at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo. At the same time he was Vice Chancellor of the local seminary Thomas Aquinas , where he was a lecturer in philosophy, Latin language and theology. In later years he was parish priest of Santa Bárbara de Samaná , Santa Cruz del El Seibo and San Juan de la Maguana . Most recently he was parish priest of Concepción de la Vega , where he was made an honorary citizen because of his commitment to building a church.

In addition, he began a political career in 1903 as a member of the National Congress, where he represented the interests of the province of La Vega . In the same year he traveled to Rome, where on October 11, 1904, he was appointed titular archbishop of Methymna and coadjutor bishop of Santo Domingo. Three days later, received his Cardinal Secretary of State Rafael Merry del Val , the episcopal ordination ; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Belém do Pará , Francisco do Rêgo Maia , and the Bishop of Larino , Bernardino di Milia OFMCap .

After Fernando Arturo de Merino's death on August 20, 1906, he succeeded him as Archbishop of Santo Domingo .

President 1912 to 1913

After the fall of Eladio Victoria , he was appointed President of the Dominican Republic on November 30, 1912 by a decree of the National Congress (Congreso Nacional) . The background was that due to the tensions that had persisted for years, in particular between the different camps such as Horacista (supporter of Horacio Vásquez ) and Jiminista (partisan of Juan Isidro Jiménez ), a neutral person in the office of President who enjoyed trust and respect was considered necessary could stabilize the peace. After he succeeded in carrying out a more or less lasting internal peace process, he resigned on March 1, 1913 and handed over the office of President on April 13, 1913 to José Bordas Valdez . During his short term in office he had the support of the USA in particular , which offered him economic as well as military help, which he accepted on the basis of the Dominican-American Treaty concluded by Ramón Cáceres on May 3, 1907 . This also means that the US government led a further loan of 1.5 million dollars approved to pay the unpaid for six months government employees.

After his resignation he devoted himself again to his theological work as Archbishop of Santo Domingo. In addition, on October 3, 1913, he was appointed Apostolic Delegate in Cuba . He held this office until 1915.

One of his main literary works, which are largely unpublished, is the history of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo ( Historia Eclesiastica de la Arquidiocesis de Santo Domingo ). In 1920 he wrote a protest letter to the US ambassador in Santo Domingo, Russell, after the occupation of the Dominican Republic by the USA because of the brutal methods of the US occupation forces. It said:

“It is true that the Dominican people, in their political unrest, have seen more than once unjustified persecution, violations of individual rights, countless executions, etc. Still, it never knew anything about Chinese water torture, burning women and children, tying ropes, chasing after men in the savannah as if they were wild animals, and dragging a seventy-year-old man by the tail of a horse in broad daylight on the main street of Hato Mayor . "

On October 11, 1935, he resigned as Archbishop of Santo Domingo and was appointed Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis until his death . Ricardo Pittini was succeeded as archbishop .

In 1992, in his honor, part of the province of La Vega was separated and declared an independent province under the name Monseñor Nouel .

Web links

• Nouel, Adolfo Alejandro on mcnbiografias.com, accessed March 9, 2017
• DOMINICANA ONLINE
• Entry on Adolfo Alejandro Nouel on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Armando Lampe: Christianity in the Caribbean: Essays on Church History. 2001, ISBN 976-640-029-6 , p. 203
2. ↑ Emelio Betances: The Catholic Church and Power Politics in Latin America: The Dominican Case in Comparative Perspective . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7425-7269-0 , pp. 30 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed December 27, 2016]).
3. ^ Salvador Miranda : Nouel y Bobadilla, Adolfo Alejandro. In: Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba. fiu.edu , Florida International University website , accessed December 5, 2016 (Spanish). 
4. ↑ Emelio Betances: The Catholic Church and Power Politics in Latin America: The Dominican Case in Comparative Perspective . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7425-7269-0 , pp. 31 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed December 27, 2016]).
5. ↑ Apostolic Successor Necrology 1937
6. ↑ Apostolic Succession Central America

predecessor	Office	successor
Fernando Arturo de Meriño	Archbishop of Santo Domingo 1906–1935	Ricardo Pittini Piussi
Eladio Victoria	President of the Dominican Republic 1912–1913	José Bordas Valdez