Manuel Antonio Acevedo (1770 – 1 October 1825) was an
Argentine
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statesman, lawyer and priest. He was a representative to the
Congress of Tucumán, which on 9 July 1816
declared the Independence of Argentina.
Acevedo was born in
Salta
Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic ce ...
and studied in
Córdoba, following an ecclesiastical career at the
Montserrat School. He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1794 and served in
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, then
Molinos in
Salta Province
Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Boliv ...
, and later in
Belén,
Catamarca Province
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.
In 1815 Acevedo was elected by
Catamarca to the
Tucumán Congress and served in 1816 for the declaration. He supported the idea of a constitutional
Inca
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n monarchy. After the Congress moved to Buenos Aires, he served as president of the body. He then returned to his parish in Belén. In 1824 he again represented Catamarca in the General Congress.
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1770 births
1825 deaths
Members of the Congress of Tucumán
19th-century Argentine Roman Catholic priests
People from Salta
19th-century Argentine lawyers
Argentine monarchists
18th-century Argentine Roman Catholic priests
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