José Manuel Pasquel

Who was José Manuel Pasquel?

José Manuel Pasquel was a Peruvian archbishop.

José Manuel Pasquel was the son of Thomas and Garcés Pasquel, and Clara Losada and Palencia. He studied at the San Carlos Convictorio and the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos where he graduated Doctor of Theology and Canon. He was second lieutenant in the Battalion's number, but was inclined to religious life and entered the Seminary of Santo Toribio in Lima in 1816 . He received Holy Orders in 1817 . He practiced the doctrines of Huacho and Atavillos Low, then transferred to Concepción in the province of Jauja in 1830, the year he was also appointed Supreme Chaplain Government.