Feliciano Pueyrredón
Feliciano José de Pueyrredón was an Argentine Catholic priest and politician. He served as Chaplain of the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers of Jose de San MartínBiography
He was baptized in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires on October 22, 1767, son of Juan Martín de Pueyrredón Labrucherie, born in Issor and Rita Damasia O'Dogan, belonging to a family of the city whose patriarch was the Irish Dionisio Dogan, a soldier of the Spanish Army, who served in Montevideo and the :es:Fuerte de Buenos Aires|Fort of Buenos Aires, towards in the year 1720.
Pueyrredon completed his secondary studies in Real Colegio de San Carlos. And was a doctorate in canon law and theology at the University of Universidad de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca. He was ordained a priest in 1795, serving as interim director chaplain of the Casa de Ejercicios Espirituales. Later he was destined to serve in the parishes of Baradero and San Pedro.
He had an active participation in the defense and reconquest of Buenos Aires during the English invasions. In 1808 he was appointed capellan of the :es:Regimiento Fijo de Buenos Aires|Regimiento de Infantería de Buenos Aires and served in the same position in :es:Granaderos de Terrada|Regimiento Granaderos de Fernando VII in 1810.
Feliciano José Pueyrredón was brother of Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata between 1816 and 1819. In 1825 he was appointed to serve in the Parroquia Jesus Amoroso, located in the present city of San Martín, where he died on November 29, 1826.
