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 | |
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| Address | |
Cristo Rey Avenue, Augusto B. Leguia Peru | |
| Coordinates | 18°1′53″S 70°16′12″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private primary and secondary school |
| Motto | Be men for others |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholicism |
| Denomination | Jesuits |
| Established | 1962 |
| Director | Saturnino Vasquez |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Website | www |
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]
References
- 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.
- "About us". www.ccr.edu.pe (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-08-08.
- 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.