Manuel Antonio Acevedo was an Argentine

Argentina

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 statesman, lawyer and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán

Congress of Tucumán

The Congress of Tucumán was the representative assembly, initially meeting in Tucumán, that declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America on July 9, 1816, from the Spanish Empire....

 which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina

Argentine Declaration of Independence

What today is commonly referred as the Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9, 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán. In reality, the congressmen that were assembled in Tucumán declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America, which is still today one of the legal names of the...

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Acevedo was born in Salta

Salta

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 and studied in Córdoba

Córdoba, Argentina

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, following an ecclesiastical career at the Montserrat School. He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1794 and served in Cachi

Cachi

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, then Molinos in Salta Province

Salta Province

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, and later in Belén

Belén, Catamarca

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, Catamarca Province

Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province has a population of 334,568 as per the , and covers an area of 102,602 km². Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are : Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, and La Rioja...

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In 1815 Acevedo was elected by Catamarca

San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca

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 to the Tucumán Congress and served in 1816 for the declaration. He supported the idea of a constitutional Incan monarchy. After the Congress moved to Buenos Aires, he served as president of the body. He then returned to his parish in Belén. In 1824 he again represented Catamarca in the General Congress.