Manuel Aguilar y Bustamante

In this Hispanic American name, the first or paternal surname is Aguilar and the second or maternal family name is Bustamante.

Manuel Aguilar y Bustamante (26 June 1750 – 25 May 1819) was a Salvadoran ecclesiastic and revolutionary against the Spanish Empire who participated in the 1811 Independence Movement and the 1814 Independence Movement.[1][2]

Ecclesiastical career

In 1761 Aguilar entered the school of San Francisco de Borja in Antigua Guatemala graduating in philosophy in 1772. Through further study he became a sub-deacon in 1776 and a deacon in 1778. Thereafter he was appointed the curate of Zacatecoluca.[3]

Participation in independence efforts

On 5 November 1811 in San Salvador, the supporters of independence organized the beginning of a liberation movement. Participants included doctors such as Santiago José Celis, the priests and brothers Nicholas, Vicente and Manuel Aguilar, and the priest José Matías Delgado. Others included Manuel José Arce, Juan Manuel Rodríguez and Pedro Pablo Castillo. Many of the participants were linked by family ties.[4] After the insurrection failed, Manuel Aguilar was imprisoned from October 1811 until 4 March 1813.[5]

As part of the second independence movement in 1814 Manuel Aguilar preached a sermon thanking the people for having asked for their freedom during the first rising in 1811. Unsurprisingly the sermon was unpopular with the Spanish authorities.[6]

References

  1. ^ Gaitán, Chester Rodolfo Urbina; Urquiza, Waldemar, eds. (2009). Historia 1 y 2 El Salvador (in Spanish). San Salvador: Ministerio de Educación. p. 139. ISBN 978-99923-63-68-3.
  2. ^ Meléndez Chaverri, Carlos (2000). José Matías Delgado, prócer centroamericano [José Matías Delgado, Central American politician] (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). San Salvador: Concultura. pp. 123–129, 137, 147, 165, 190–199, 213–215. ISBN 9992300574. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Manuel Aguilar y Bustamante". AMSS Bicentenario. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Hacia la verdad en torno al 5 de noviembre de 1811" [Towards the truth about 5 November 1811] (in Spanish). Servicio Informativo Ecuménico y Popular. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Manuel Aguilar Bustamante". EcuRed (Enciclopedia Cubana). Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  6. ^ Gavidia, Francisco (1917). Historia moderna de El Salvador [Modern history of El Salvador] (in Spanish). San Salvador: Imp. Melendez. p. 80. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
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