Mariano Soler
| Mariano Soler | |
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| Archbishop of Montevideo | |
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| See | Montevideo |
| Appointed | April 19, 1897 |
| Predecessor | Inocencio María Yéregui |
| Successor | Juan Francisco Aragone |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 21, 1872 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 25, 1846 San Carlos,  Uruguay
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| Died | September 26, 1908 (aged 62) Gibraltar |
| Buried | Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral |
| Nationality |
Uruguayan
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Montevideo |
| Previous post | Bishop of Montevideo |
| Alma mater | South American College |
Monsignor Dr. Mariano Soler (born 25 March 1846 in San Carlos - deceased 26 September 1908 in Gibraltar) was a Uruguayan cleric and the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay.
A student at the South American College in Rome, he obtained his doctorate in Canon Law.
He was an outstanding intellectual in the area of the scientific and philosophical culture of Uruguay, and a strong defender of the ecclesiastical institutions (i.e., the prerogatives of Roman Catholic church). He was known to be a staunch opponent of the theory of natural selection of Charles Darwin an of Darwinism generally.
He wrote a large number of articles of religious character and served as a lecturer in philosophy. He was also elected a deputy by the department of Canelones Department.
Soler was born on March 25, 1846 in San Carlos, Maldonado, Uruguay. In his childhood he received instruction from Fr. Angel Singla. Having expressed interest in ecclesiastical instruction in his adolescence, his family allowed him to enter as a pupil of Don's School (headed by Jaime Roldós y Pons) of Montevideo as a seminarian.
He then entered the university, and completed his seminary degree in Santa Fe. He finished his studies in the Pontifical Colegio Pio Latin American of Rome, being ordained priest on December 20, 1872. Later he obtained the title of Doctor in canon law.
Upon returning to Montevideo, he held the positions of Provisor, Prosecutor, the Vicar General of the Diocese and, between 1874 and 1890, the parish priest of the Cord Church.
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