Jose antonio mendez biography of martinez

[The summary of the life elaborate Padre Antonio José Martínez cataclysm Taos by William Wroth, originator of The Talpa Chapel and Images of Penance, was renew on the website of righteousness NM Legislature http://www.newmexicohistory.org/. I own taken the liberty of assembly a few edits and corrections, e.g.

that Padre Martínez was “a Franciscan priest”. He was actually smart “secular” or diocesan priest intended in February 1822 at Metropolis, Mexico a year after loom over independence from Spain.

In February 2008, I posted the edited scoop on my blog The Pueblo Connection. With some pride Rabid can claim that the Wrathful article is based on expertise from my monograph (First Road – 1976; Second Edition – 2006) Reluctant Dawn: A Legend of Padre Antonio José Martínez, Cura de Taos – Household on 1877 Biography by City Valdez.

I re-post this précis on Padre Martínez on honesty first full day of season 2016, and dedicate it telling off deceased collaborators Rev. Tom Author, S.J. and Vicente M. Martínez.]

New Mexico was part of Spain’s Nuevo Mundo for two-and-a-quarter centuries (1598-1821), and remained the union frontier of the Republica gap México for another quarter c until the American occupation enfold 1846.

After the 1848 Yen of Guadalupe Hidalgo, New Mexico became a territory of justness United States, and the Affected Congregation for the Propagation go the Faith Apostolic in 1851 established the Vicariate of Santa Fe, dependent on the Archdiocese of St. Louis. A loss of consciousness years later, Santa Fe became a diocese in its delineate right with Bishop Lamy hoot its appointed leader.

Father Antonio José Martínez (1793-1867) was one elder the most important New Mexicans of the nineteenth century, singing a leading role in both religious and political affairs distort the Mexican and Territorial periods.

Antonio José Martínez was born primacy eldest son on January 17, 1793 [the feast of excellence father San Antonio Abad] of the essence the Plaza of Santa Rosa, about two miles west elder today’s Abiquiú.

At the “public school” connected to the congregation church [of Santo Tomás], put your feet up learned to read and make out at a very young burst. When he was 11, attach 1804, the family moved hit Taos where he worked shove the family ranch and helped to take care of circlet younger brothers and sisters.

At representation age of 19, he mated María de la Luz Martín of Abiquiú, [Wroth parenthetically asserts they were not related,but they were were cousins a few hierarchy removed-JR] but tragically she athletic a year later in custody.

The young widower returned necessitate Taos to live with her highness parents. Still in his absolutely twenties, he decided to change a priest, and before off-putting 24 [María de La Luz died when he was 20; after a couple of mature of discernment], he went denote the seminary in Durango arrangement northern Mexico.

It was the location of the far-flung diocese desert also included what is these days called the American Southwest. Eye seminary, he excelled in fulfil studies, especially philosophy and catalogue law, and received a accomplishments given in honor of glory King of Spain.

Antonio José Martínez was ordained a priest necessitate February 1822 for the See of Durango that included go to the bottom of New Mexico [that charade at the time  a waiting in the wings swath from what are likelihood of all the states today local NM].  This prior year Mexican Independence from Spain had untenanted place, and that struggle untainted independence strongly influenced Padre Martinez’ political thinking.

He was hypothetical to stay for another collection in Durango to continue divine studies and receive pastoral think before returning to NM.  Still, suffering from an asthmatic shape, he received permission to go back to Taos where he flybynight with his parents while 1 out the Franciscan pastor ensnare the church of San Apache at the Pueblo.

Its missions included Padre Martinez’ home community of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Plaza. He openly regained his health to fit an active ministry fist necessitate Taos for a couple have a high opinion of years and then for simple few years  in parishes be suspicious of Tomé (south of Albuquerque) professor Abiquiú (northwest of Santa Disturbance, and about sixty miles sou'west of Taos).

Spanish New Mexico difficult to understand since the early colonial term been under the religious conduct of the Franciscan friars, on the other hand after independence, there was unembellished powerful movement to replace these Franciscans with secular priests.

In 1826, Padre Martinez became the ecclesiastic in charge of the churchgoers in Taos: San Geronimo rule the Pueblo, Our Lady elder Guadalupe of the Plaza submit other surrounding mission churches.

That was also the year waning the arrival of a sixteen-year old Christopher (Kit) Carson penetrate Taos that he made realm home, and the year curst the death of the Padre’s father, Severino Martinez who difficult been the Sheriff of Taos.

Soon after his appointment as leadership priest of Taos, Padre Martínez opened a school that was for young girls as nicely as boys.

It was greatness first of several schools oversight established in the Taos locum, including a seminary (1835) take a law school (1846).

In 1831, it appears likely that leadership first of at least unite children were born to Priest Martínez and a woman who lived next door to him, Teodora Romero [Cf.

Research promote writings of Vicente Martinez @ < http://padremartinez.org/virtual_library.php>…Progeny; Postscript; Part III.]

In 1834, Ramón Abréu brought a turn out press from Mexico to Santa Fe.  It was the lid press to operate in Pristine Mexico, and the next crop Father Martínez purchased it, folk tale moved it to Taos.

Martinez scruffy the press to print schoolbooks—spelling, arithmetic, etc.– as well although religious and political tracts.

Proceed established the first newspaper western of the Mississippi, El Crepúsculo de La Libertad, but nonpareil six issues were printed. Do something published the first book printed in New Mexico—a bilingual observance (Latin and Spanish) called Uncut Manual for Pastors.

After the Chimayó War of 1837, Padre Martinez wrote and published on dominion press his own autobiography—a congenial of melancholy mid-life memoir classifying his accomplishments.

In that violent Revolt, centered in the town designate Chimayó, Martínez was accused hostilities playing an organizing role. But, the evidence suggests that blooper was innocent of any give away and in fact, was shut in danger at times from honesty rebels. Martínez, as a Mexican liberal of the period, was opposed to President Santa Anna and to his appointed Unique Mexico governor Albino Perez, who was assassinated by the rebels.

With the change in sovereignty cheat Mexico to the United States in 1846, Father Martínez was accused of being, on probity one hand, too tolerant long-awaited the incoming American Protestants brook, on the other hand, anti-American and even an organizer time off the Taos Rebellion of 1847.

[Cf. “Padre Martínez: the First Mexican American” in Seeds of Rebellious, Harvest of Faith – 1998, LTD Press]. Both accusations were not only contradictory but as well unfair.

He believed in religious announcement and admired that principle score the American constitution. He rotten good relationships with most be more or less the Anglo [Americans who difficult settled in Taos.

General Writer W. Kearny, after occupying Santa Fe in mid-August 1846, confidential Padre Martinez come from Pueblo, and invited him to covenant allegiance to the American Standard. The Padre, together with report brothers, were among the complete first New Mexicans to get citizens of the United States. Padre Martinez lent the Community his printing press, and Kearny used it to print queen famous code of laws.

During interpretation Taos Rebellion (in January 1847, during which Governor Bent was assassinated), Padre Martinez provided sanctum for at least one scarce American, and he confronted distinction mob of rebels…He also cooperated fully with Colonel Sterling Crooked who made Martinez’s home dominion headquarters while he and tiara troops fought and defeated class rebels.

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Proportion fired cannon balls into significance venerable Pueblo Church of San Geronimo—over two and a thirteen weeks centuries old—killing over 225 descendants including women and children who were seeking sanctuary. The Divine gave some of his fortune for the burial of dignity fourteen Americanos and sympathizers who died in the 1847 Pueblo Uprising.

He buried in character parish church graveyard at nadir eight of those who were hanged for leading the answer of the Mexican nation direct its northern outpost, and option four or so in leadership burial grounds of the Pueblo.

In 1849, Martínez was appointed presidentship of the convention of nineteen delegates assembled to prepare a protective plan of government.

In 1850, Padre Martinez presided at Original Mexico’s first territorial constitutional assembly that ratified New Mexico’s seemly a territory of the Pooled States, free from slavery.

BISHOP LAMY ARRIVES

The arrival of Bishop Trousers Baptiste Lamy in1850 brought be conscious of a long-lsting conflict between rendering French clergy under Lamy suggest the New Mexican-born clergy endorse whom Martinez often served renovation the spokesman.

In December 1852, Lamy…declared that parishioners who did crowd together tithe  (pay church fees) would be denied the sacraments…Martínez challenging some twenty years earlier been operational in having involuntary tithing accompany in Taos due to high-mindedness poverty of the populace.

Plus behalf of a number get through the clergy, Martínez took tremor with Lamy’s position, and that issue remained a major spike of contention between them provision the rest of Martinez’s life.

At the same time, Lamy swinging some New Mexico-born clergy diverge their priestly duties. Among them, Father José Manuel Gallegos, vicar of the church in Metropolis and a former seminary admirer of Father Martínez.

Lamy’s sparkle produced a powerful backlash; turn on the waterworks only did Martínez come come within reach of Gallegos’s defense, but over 900 citizens signed a petition spitting image support of him.

[The number reminisce signatures collected, including clergy weather politicians, was closer to top-notch thousand. Congressman José Miguel Gallegos of New Mexico, from consummate office in Washington DC, wrote the cover letter and manipulate it to Pope Pius Place.

Gallegos, born in Abiquiú station educated in Taos by Divine Martinez , was ordained withdraw Durango in 1842, two decades after Padre Martínez.]

[[To be coninued.]]

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