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Instituto O'Higgins is a private Catholic school located in the center of
Rancagua Rancagua () is a city and commune in central Chile and part of the Rancagua conurbation. It is the capital of the Cachapoal Province and of the O'Higgins Region, located south of the national capital of Santiago. It was originally named Sant ...
,
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. It is administered by the
Marist Brothers The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic religious institute of brothers. In 1817, St. Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from France, founded the Marist Brothe ...
. It was founded in 1915 by four
Marist Brothers The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic religious institute of brothers. In 1817, St. Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from France, founded the Marist Brothe ...
, Andrés, Donato, Cristobal and Salvador María. Originally the institute was exclusively for boys, but since year 2000, girls have been allowed as well. In 1925 the school created his own soccer team, the ''Club de Deportes Instituto O'Higgins'', that was merged in 1954 with the
Braden Copper Company Braden Copper Company was an American company that controlled the El Teniente copper mine in Chile until 1967 when its copper holdings were nationalized. History Braden Copper Company was founded on 18 June 1904 by E.W. Nash, Barton Sewell, Willi ...
team, creating the
O'Higgins Braden O'Higgins Braden was a Chilean football club based in the city of Rancagua. The club was founded on 1954 and merged between Instituto O'Higgins and Braden F.C.. Later, after won the Segunda División, the club merged in 1955 with América de Ra ...
club. One year later, in 1955, O'Higgins Braden merged with América de Rancagua football club, forming the current Club Deportivo O'Higgins. This school has a sports park called ''Estadio Marista'' (''Marist Stadium''), located in the town of
Machalí Machalí is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Machalí spans an area of and has 28,628 inhabitants (14,297 men and 14,331 women ...
, near Rancagua.


Rectors

The rectors of the school had been:


See also

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List of Marist Brothers schools This is a list of schools at all levels founded by the Marist Brothers. The Marist Brothers is a religious institute founded by St. Marcellin Champagnat, with more than 3,500 Catholic Brothers dedicated "''to make Jesus Christ known and loved thr ...


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Chilean Marist Brothers
O'Higgins F.C. Schools in Cachapoal Province Marist Brothers schools Catholic schools in Chile Educational institutions established in 1915 Rancagua 1915 establishments in Chile Private schools in Chile {{Chile-school-stub