St. Aloysius College () is a

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primary and secondary school, located in

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. The school was founded by the

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in 1916 and is part of the Ignatian Educational Network of Chile and the Latin American Federation of the Society of Jesus (FLACSI).

History

The Bishop of Antofagasta, Luis Silva Lazaeta, already had Heart of Mary primary school run by the

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and a girls' school run by the

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when he recognized the need to create a secondary school. In 1916 he finalized plans and founded St. Aloysius. Its first director was the German Florián Blümel of the

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, who arrived along with Albino Seeger. The College opened in 1916 to 20 students who soon increased, in a house located at 361 Baquedano Street. In 1922 the school moved to a new building built by the architect Cousiño Calavera in Baquedano. In 1935 Blümel asked the new archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez to look for a teaching congregation to take charge of the school. The

accepted and the first teachers arrived the same year. In 1936 they took charge of the College. Blümel retired in 1936 and died in Antofagasta on 29 October 1940. He was replaced by Nicanor Marambio, S.J., who had been a rector for the last ten years. This Jesuit's educational activities were not limited to St. Aloysius, as he also founded the J. F. Blümel High School for poor children with educational problems. In 1988 the municipality of Antofagasta gave the name of Nicanor Marambio to a complex located in the Bonilla settlement, in the northern sector of the city. By the middle of last century, the enrollment grew significantly. After the coup d'état of September 1973, thanks to the personal contacts of Renato Hasche who was rector at that time, it was possible to exempt San Luis from the branch of National Security Doctrine that had been imposed by the military regime. At this time the school was distinguished for hosting professors exonerated for political reasons.

Notable alumni

Eric Goles Eric Antonio Goles Chacc (born August 21, 1951, in Antofagasta, Chile) is a Chilean mathematician and computer scientist of Croatian descent. He studied mathematical engineering at the University of Chile before earning two doctorates from th ...

- mathematician *

Patricio Jara Patricio Jara Álvarez (born 4 May 1974) is a Chilean writer and journalist. Biography Patricio Jara grew up in Antofagasta and studied at the Jesuit Colegio San Luis, where he wrote his first stories. Later he entered , where he qualified a ...

- journalist and novelist *

Radomiro Tomic Radomiro Tomic Romero ( Calama, 7 May 1914 - Santiago de Chile, 3 January 1992) was a Chilean lawyer and politician of Croatian origin, and candidate for the presidency of the Chilean Republic in the 1970 election. He graduated as a lawyer from ...

- politician * Edmundo Pérez Zujovic - businessman and politician

Gallery

Colegio Sn Luis alumnos 1916.jpg, The German founders Florián Blümel and Albino Seeger with students in 1916 Obispo Luis Silva Lazaeta.jpg, The Archbishop of Antofagasta, Luis Silva Lazaeta Colegio San Luis, Antofagasta 1.jpg, The first San Luis building Obispo Cifuentes, Padres Alemanes, 1s jesuitas.jpg, Archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes (center) with the German fathers and first Jesuits. Nicanor Marambio, the inaugural Jesuit rector in 1935 (first on left)

References

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History

Notable alumni

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See also

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