Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas, navigating kinship and ecclesiastical agendas (1851–1853). A transnational agent of the Chilean Church
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2025
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This article examines some of the roles performed by Chilean priest Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas during his journey to the United States and Europe between July, 1851 and October, 1853. On the one hand, the article analyzes his role as a tutor of his nephew and younger brothers, whose education in foreign colleges was under his supervision. On the other, considering that he was appointed rector of Santiago’s seminary while he was in the United States, this work studies his search for statutes and theology manuals in nineteenth-century central Catholic renovation places, such as Paris, Belgium, Rome, and the United States. This twofold analytical perspective – combining the study of his roles as tutor and rector – makes it possible to understand how the priest’s family responsibilities operated in parallel with his role as a mediator of an American and European ultramontane culture to Chile.