José Matías Delgado

José Matías Delgado y de León ( born February 2, 1767 in San Salvador, † November 12, 1832 ibid ) was the founder of El Salvador, a Catholic priest, PROCER and physician.

He was the leader of the independence movement in El Salvador by the Spanish colonial power. From 28 November 1821 to 9 February 1823, he was the president of the Constituent Assembly level for Central America, which took place in Guatemala City.

Life

His parents were María Ana de Leon and Pedro Delgado. His brothers were Juan and Miguel were which also advocates of independence. He studied at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and then went to Spain.

He was in the seminary Tridentino and Ascension of Our Lady and gave revision courses for lawyers for the Real Audiencia in Spain.

As of 12 August 1797 he was in El Salvador again and was rector Curia, Province Rector, Church judge and last local commissioner of the court of the Holy See. He use intensive pastoral and 1808 he initiated the reconstruction work at the old parish church of San Salvador, now the Iglesia del Rosario were completed which decades later.

Independence movement

With his nephew Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga and another he made on 5 November 1811, a revolt, as a sign of rebellion he rang the church bells of La Merced. The uprising began with the robbery of 3,000 weapons and money to the royal treasury. The Corregidor intendente, Antonio Basilio Gutiérrez de Ulloa, like most royal officials withdrew. The rebels were able to San Salvador for almost a month hold until they were defeated by the colonial troops.

In 1813 he was elected a deputy of the province of El Salvador in the Parliament to Guatemala City. Where he worked as rector of the Colegio Seminario o Tridentino. Under the direction of the Archbishop of Guatemala Francisco Ramón de Valentín Casaus y Torres, he was taken off from there, which is why he did not participate in the uprising in January 1814.

In 1820 he was re-elected as an MP and was on September 15, 1821 co-signers of the Declaration of Independence.

On 28 November 1821 he was the deputies to the Supreme Director of the San Salvador province ( which was then used synonym for El Salvador).

Separation of Guatemala

When the Central American government voted for annexation by the Empire of Mexico, Delgado was against it. When Supremo Director of San Salvador province he conducted on 11 January 1822 protests against the annexation of the Mexican Empire under Agustín de Iturbide. On January 11, 1822 parted El Salvador from Guatemala, to avoid being annexed by Mexico. In response, was attacked San Salvador from April 1822 to February 9, 1823 by troops from San Miguel (El Salvador) and from Mexico.

In April 1822 occupied Guatemalan troops under the command of Manuel Arzú, Santa Ana (El Salvador), Sonsonate. On June 3, 1822 entered Arzú San Salvador and reached the Plaza Mayor ( Plaza Libertad today ) and this was associated with a nine- hour battle and many losses. The Guatemalan troops set fire to houses and looted before they departed.

Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga commanded the defenders of San Salvador. On June 6, 1822 Santa Ana and Sonsonate and later Ahuachpan of Salvadorenischen troops recaptured.

In December 1822 launched Vicente Filisola, in Guatemala, in the direction of San Salvador. He entered the city on February 9, 1823, he declared he would respect the people and the movement of goods and annexed El Salvador for Mexico, which the government of José Matías Delgado was finished.

Delgado had taken diplomatic steps to defend his government. For this purpose, the application for a cease-fire was with Vicente Filisola and send a delegation on December 2, 1822 to Washington DC with the goal that the province of El Salvador is part of the United States of America.

After the fall of the Mexican emperor, Delgado was elected as a deputy to the Constituent Assembly of the Provincias Unidas del Centro de America. One meeting, which convened from 24 June 1823 in Guatemala and Delgado chose as president.

He collected the financial means with which to Guatemala, the first official salvadorenische press was purchased. On this Semanario político - mercantil de San Salvador was the first newspaper from El Salvador, which was released on July 31, 1824 printed.

His contemporaries described him as restless lively, eloquent Vorträger spirited speeches and prayers, committed to patriotism, strictly based on the customs, cunning, ambitious, fearless, strong, and fair in his decisions and judgments. From it received letters, manifestos, rants, sermons and other documents that show no circumstance half polished style, but sober, clear and simple language.

On May 5, 1824 Mariano Prado Baca had installed and later Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz José Matías Delgado as bishop of San Salvador. This investiture led to violent hostility by the Archbishop of Guatemala was spun off from the diocese and the authorities of the Vatican, which had been deprived of their rights. Delgado died on November 12, 1832 at 20:30 local time. He was buried after a move from the Plaza Mayor ( Plaza Libertad today ) at the foot of the main altar of the parish church of San Salvador.

In December 1878 Rafael Reyes published the first biography of Delgado, other biographers were: Francisco Gavidia, Carlos Meléndez Chaverri, Ramón López Jiménez, Rodolfo Barón Castro, José Salvador Guandique, Jorge y Lardé Larín.