Cristo Rey College, Tacna

Cristo Rey College, Tacna, is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in the city of Tacna in the south of Peru. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1962.

Cristo Rey College, Tacna
Address
Cristo Rey Avenue, Augusto B. Leguia


Peru
Coordinates18°1′53″S 70°16′12″W
Information
TypePrivate primary and secondary school
MottoBe men for others
Religious affiliation(s)Catholicism
DenominationJesuits
Established1962 (1962)
DirectorSaturnino Vasquez
GradesK-12
GenderCo-educational
Websitewww.ccr.edu.pe/web/nosotros.php

History

In 1959, from the Chicago Jesuit province, Ernest V. McClear, professor of theology at Saint Mary Seminary of Theology, arrived in Peru to prepare for the arrival of United States Jesuits there.[1] On 17 November 1959, McClear and Fred J. Green arrived. In 1962 these two Jesuits founded Colegio Cristo Rey with two classrooms in the parish of San Pedro. In 1965 it moved to a new location in the area of Para, on land donated by the Gubbins Forero family.[2] In 1969 Green was the director of the high school and Catalina Concannon, of the primary school. Total enrollment was 356 students.[3]

See also

References

  1. Munoz, Amanda. "La creación del Colegio Cristo Rey de Tacna. Los Jesuitas de EEUU en Tacna, Arequipa y Lima., Es mi Perú". Es mi Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  2. "About us". www.ccr.edu.pe (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  3. Zora Carbajal, Fortunato (1987), Tacna, historia y folklore, 3ra ed. Cooperativa San Pedro.

Bibliography

  • Fortunato, Zora Carbajal (1987). Tacna, history and folklore (3rd ed.). Cooperativa San Pedro.
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