José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta
José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta (born February 18, 1767 in the Barrio El Centro of Zacatecoluca , today in El Salvador , † March 4, 1838 in San Vicente ) was a Central American politician and university rector. Cañas was rector of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala in 1802, 1811 and 1812 .
Life
José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta, the third of eight children, was the son of Lucía de Villacorta y Barahona and Pablo de Cañas. The family was wealthy, they owned several latifundiums. José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta was Haciendero of Jalponguita Zacatecoluca with 1,728 Manzanas = 1,210 hectares . As usual with the Central American bourgeoisie , the children were sent to Guatemala for education, José Simeón started school on July 5, 1782 at the Colegio Tridentino in Guatemala City. He graduated from high school on December 16, 1791, his elective subject was theology. He was ordained a priest on October 22, 1790. He was also interested in science: in 1796 he took part in an expedition led by José Mariano Moziño to the San Salvador volcano .
From July 13, 1820 to February 28, 1821 José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta was a member of the Central American Parliament in Guatemala City. At that time he lived in the Congregación de San Felipe Neri . José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta became a doctor and a member of the Constituent Assembly of the United Provinces of Central America .
In June 1823 Cañas y Villacorta signed together with José Matías Delgado y de León , Pedro Molina , Francisco Flores and Felipe Vega a declaration of independence, which turned against the annexation by the Empire of Mexico under Agustín de Iturbide .
On December 31, 1823, he introduced a bill to abolish slavery in the Constituent Assembly. Cañas y Villacorta was an advocate for equality before the law; he donated most of the inherited fortune to charity.
In early 1824 he traveled to San Salvador to support the civil investiture of José Matías Delgado y de León . There published in October a pamphlet entitled Advertencias patrióticas . On November 22, 1824 he was a co-signer of the first Constitución Federal Centroamericana .
Since 1826 Cañas y Villacorta lived in San Vicente de Austria in the department of San Vicente . There he witnessed the protests of the Nonualco (a tribe of the Pipil Indians) under their leader Anastasio Martir Aquino San Carlos , who also occupied San Vicente in 1833 .
In 1838 José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta died of the cholera that had raged since the previous year. His tomb is in the El Pilar Church in San Vicente.
Biographers Cañas y Villacortas were Ramón López Jiménez and Jorge Lardé y Larín. The Society of Jesus named the Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas” after him.
Individual evidence
- ↑ es: Manzana (unidad de superficie)
- ^ Equipo Maíz, Historia de El Salvador , San Salvador, 1995. p. 50
- ^ Dictionary of Canadian Biography , José Mariano Moziño
- ^ Declaración de Independencia absoluta de Centroamérica
- ↑ britannica , El Pilar in San Vicente ( Memento of the original of December 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica , José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cañas y Villacorta, José Simeón |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Central American politician and university rector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zacatecoluca , now in El Salvador |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1838 |
| Place of death | San Vicente |