Eduardo O'Gorman
Eduardo O'Gorman | |
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| Dean of the Parroquia de San Nicolás de Bari | |
| In office 1862–1901 | |
| Preceded by | Mariano Rebollo |
| Succeeded by | Marcial Álvarez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dionicio Eduardo O'Gorman y Ximénez April 8, 1827 Buenos Aires |
| Died | March 14, 1901 Buenos Aires |
| Resting place | La Recoleta Cemetery |
| Nationality |  Argentine |
| Occupation | priest |
| Profession | ecclesiastical |
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Eduardo O'Gorman (1827 – 1901) was an Argentine Catholic priest,[1] who served as dean in the Parish of San Nicolás de Bari.[2] He had extensive work on matters related to the political and social life of Argentina since the mid-19th century, including its participation in the foundation of the in 1871.[3]
He was appointed Honorary Canon of the Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires together with Anthony Dominic Fahy in 1864.[4] He was received in special audience by the Pope Pius IX in Rome in 1870.
Biography[]
He was born in Buenos Aires the son of and Joaquina Ximénez Pinto, belonging to a distinguished Patrician family. He studied some years in the Colegio del Salvador, and was ordained a priest in the Convento de las Catalinas on August 2, 1846, during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas,[5][6]
He went into exile in Montevideo after the summary execution of his sister Camila O'Gorman, returning to the country after the Battle of Caseros.[7] He was appointed honorary canon of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires by decree of the then president Bartolomé Mitre in 1864.[8]
He actively participated in the fight against yellow fever that ravaged Buenos Aires during the epidemics of 1870 and 1871.[9] Among its works of charity are remembered the foundation of the Asylum of Orphans and its participation in the opening of Cementerio del Oeste.
He served as parish priest of St. Nicholas of Bari between 1862 and 1901.[10] He traveled to Europe to arrange a visit with the Pope Pius IX in 1870.[11]
He belonged to the clan of the O'Gorman's, a French-Irish family established in Buenos Aires towards the end of the 18th century. His maternal grandmother was Marie Anne Périchon de Vandeuil, born in Saint-Denis.[12]
References[]
- ^ Todo es historia, Números 281-285, Honegger., 1990, 1990
- ^ El retrato en Buenos Aires, 1580-1870, Adolfo Luis Ribera, 1982
- ^ La peste histórica de 1871: fiebre amarilla en Corrientes y en Buenos Aires, 1870-1871, Leandro Ruíz Moreno, 1949
- ^ Registro nacional de la República Argentina, República Argentina, 1864
- ^ Los capellanes irlandeses, en la colectividad hiberno-argentina durante el siglo XIX., Santiago M. Ussher, 1954
- ^ Una sombra donde sueña Camila O'Gorman, Enrique Molina, 1982, ISBN 9788432245046
- ^ Fallecimiento del canónigo O'Gorman, Caras y Caretas
- ^ Registro nacional de la República Argentina que comprende los ..., Volumen 5, Argentina, 1884
- ^ Bajo el horor de la epidemia, Ismael Bucich Escobar, 1932
- ^ Letras de tango, José Gobello, 1997, ISBN 9789879259436
- ^ Una sombra donde sueña Camila O'Gorman y otros textos, Enrique Molina, 1984, ISBN 9789500503556
- ^ Irlandeses en La Pampa gringa, Roberto E. Landaburu, 2006, ISBN 9789500516358
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- Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery
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