Bartolomé Herrera, the educationalist priest of selected small groups in the recent rising Perú

Abstract

In this essay we will deal with the priestly dimension as main element in Bartolomé Herrera”™s mission. We will focus on this principal personality feature from which his pastoral mission, his university activity as well as his political and pastoral commitment raised. These characteristics were very crucial in the formation of other decisive celebrities who could contribute in the formation of the new Peruvian state. For this article, we have researched primary sources such as archiepiscopal archives from Lima and Arequipa. We have also talked to his biographers and critics, including the latest researchers who have done a study commemorating the bicentenary of his birth in 2008.