Fr. Pedro de Vivar y Ruiz de Azúa (1742–1820) was a
Chilean
priest and
political figure. He served as the first
President of the Senate of Chile in 1812.
Vivar was born in
Santiago, the son of José de Melchor de Vivar y de la Rocha and of Juana Ruiz de Azúa y Amasa Yturgoyen. He studied
Theology at the
Universidad Real de San Felipe
Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to:
Places
* Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Universidad (Madrid)
Football clubs
* Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
...
, where he got a doctorate, and was later ordained as a priest. Vivar actively participated in the independence movement in Chile. On October 31, 1812, he was elected the first President of the
Consultive Senate of Chile, and remained as such until the closing of the sessions in January 1814, when the Spanish "reconquista" dissolved the domestic institutions. He died in the city of Santiago on 1820, at the age of 78.
External links
Genealogical chart of his family
1742 births
1820 deaths
18th-century Chilean Roman Catholic priests
19th-century Chilean Roman Catholic priests
Presidents of the Senate of Chile
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