Eduardo O'Gorman
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| Born |
Dionicio Eduardo O'Gorman Ximénez April 8, 1827. Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | March 14, 1901 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Resting place | La Recoleta Cemetery |
| Nationality |
 Argentine
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| Occupation | Canon |
| Profession | Ecclesiastical |
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Eduardo O'Gorman Ximénez (1827-1901) Argentine Catholic priest and politician. He served as Vicar in the (Buenos Aires).
Eduardo was born in Buenos Aires, son of Joaquina Ximénez Pinto (criolla) and Adolfo O'Gorman, belonging to a well-known family of Irish and French origin. His maternal grandmother was Marie Anne Périchon de Vandeuil, born in Saint-Denis. O'Gorman was ordained a priest on August 2, 1846, during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas. After the murder of his sister Camila O'Gorman, he emigrated to Montevideo, returning to the country after the Battle of Caseros. In 1862 Eduardo O'Gorman was appointed parish priest of St. Nicholas of Bari, serving in that position until 1901. He had an active participation in the fight against yellow fever that ravaged Buenos Aires during the epidemics of 1870 and 1871.
Among its works of charity are remembered the foundation of the Asylum of Orphans and its participation in the opening of cementerio del Oeste. By 1870s Eduardo O'Gorman traveled to Rome where he was received in a special audience by the Pope Pius IX.
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