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José Matías Delgado
José Matías Delgado (1767–1832) was a Salvadoran priest and politician honoured as the father of the nation of El Salvador. He was a leader of the independence movement from the San Salvador rising of 1811, opposed annexation to Agustín de Iturbide's Mexican Empire after 1821, and presided over the constituent assembly of the Federal Republic of Central America in 1823. He was named bishop of San Salvador, a disputed appointment.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). José Matías Delgado. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jose-matias-delgado
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