José Antonio de Errázuriz y Madariaga (September 14, 1747 – October 29, 1821) was a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

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and

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. He served as

President of the Senate of Chile The president of the Senate of Chile is the presiding officer of the Senate of Chile. The position comes after the Ministers of State in the line of succession of the President of Chile in case of temporary incapacitation or vacancy, according to ...

in 1814. José Antonio Errázuriz was of

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descent. Errázuriz was born in

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, the son of Francisco Javier de Errázuriz y Larraín and of María Loreto de Madariaga. He became a lawyer on April 18, 1768 and was later ordained as a priest in 1770. After the death of Bishop José Martínez de Aldunate, he was named capitular vicar (apostolic caretaker) of the Santiago diocese, position he held until his death. As such, he actively participated in the independence movement in Chile. In March 1814, he was elected President of the Consultive Senate of Chile, and remained as such until the closing of the sessions in July 1814, when the Spanish "reconquista" dissolved the domestic institutions. He died in the city of Santiago on 1821, at the age of 74. He was uncle of President

Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate Fernando de Errázuriz y Martínez de Aldunate (; June 1, 1777 – August 16, 1841), also known as Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate, was a Chilean political figure. He served as provisional president of Chile in 1831. Biography Errázuriz was born ...

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Genealogical chart of Errázuriz family
1747 births 1821 deaths J Chilean people of Basque descent 18th-century Chilean Roman Catholic priests 19th-century Chilean Roman Catholic priests Presidents of the Senate of Chile {{Chile-politician-stub