Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla (12 December 1862,
Santo Domingo
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– 26 June 1937) was an
archbishop,
educator
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and
interim president
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of the
Dominican Republic
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.
Early life and education
Nouel was born to
Carlos Rafael Nouel y Pierret, a Dominican diplomat, law teacher, journalist, and businessman of French descent, and Clemencia Antonia Bobadilla y Desmier D’Olbreuse (daughter of President
Tomás Bobadilla y Briones, of full Spanish descent and the first ruler of the Dominican Republic, with his wife of French noble origin María Virginia Desmier D’Olbreuse y Allard, from the
Desmier of Olbreuse dynasty) in
Santo Domingo
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. Nouel was 3/4 French and 1/4 Spanish. His great-grandfather, Barthelemy Pierret Grinet, was a French gunnery sergeant who arrived to the island on 29 January 1802 in the fleet commanded by General
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, Napoleon's brother-in-law.
He began his studies in El Colegio El Estudio, of Santo Domingo, and afterward he studied at the Seminary of the
Dominican Capital. Before going to study abroad, he was a student of Archbishop
Fernando Arturo de Meriño
Fernando Arturo de Meriño y Ramírez (January 9, 1833 in Antonsí – August 20, 1906) was a Dominican priest and politician. He served as President of the Dominican Republic from September 1, 1880, until September 1, 1882. He served as the Pre ...
. He went to
Italy
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where he studied in the Colegio Latin Pio for ten years. He excelled in this school as one of the brightest students. In 1883 he received a doctorate in philosophy and bachelor's degree in
theology
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and
canon law
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from the Gregorian University. In 1885, accompanied by
Monsignor
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Meriño, he returned to Santo Domingo and received the sacred order of priesthood in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo.
Priesthood
In 1888 he became the
parish priest
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of
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. In 1890, he became parish priest of the
Cathedral of Santo Domingo
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and
vice-chancellor
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of the Conciliar Seminary of Santo Tomas de Aquino. In this seminary he taught
Philosophy,
Latin
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and
Theology
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. Later he became parish priest of Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz in el Seibo, San Juan de la Maguana and finally of the parish in La Vega. In this city he initiated the building of a church the Town designated as "adopted son".
In 1903, he was elected deputy of the Province of
La Vega. He traveled to
Rome
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, in this year and was designated by Cardinal Merry de Val as
Archbishop of Metymma
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and successor of Monsignor Merino whom he succeeded in the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo after his death on August 20, 1906.
Politics
He was inaugurated as provisional
president of the Dominican Republic
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through a decree of the National Congress on November 30, 1912. His rise to office was due to the
ongoing Civil War and the imperative that the presidential office be occupied by a neutral person, who inspired trust and respect, and could offer a stable peace. He resigned before the National Assembly, on April 13, 1913, after considering that he had achieved his purpose to bring peace to the country.
The
invasion of the Dominican Republic by American troops, surprised him while he was in
Rome
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where he had traveled for health reasons. He returned to Santo Domingo in 1920 and wrote a letter to the American
Ambassador
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protesting the American intervention.
Writing
His literary work has not been published. Typed copies are kept by the
Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo
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...
. He was in charge of editing the work of his father ''Historia Eclesiastica de la Arquidiocesis de Santo Domingo''.
He was in the middle of revising several documents from ''el Archivo de Indias'' when he died in 1937.
Tributes
Monseñor Nouel Province
Monseñor Nouel () is a province in the central region of the Dominican Republic. It was split from La Vega province in 1982.
Name
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was named for Adolfo Nouel.
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1862 births
1937 deaths
Roman Catholic archbishops of Santo Domingo
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Dominican Republic
Presidents of the Dominican Republic
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Monseñor Nouel Province
Dominican Republic people of Breton descent
Dominican Republic people of French descent
Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent
Dominican Republic people of Canarian descent
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