Monseñor Nouel
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The Most Reverend Monsignor Adolfo Alejandro Nouel |
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| Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Primate of America | |
Archbishop Nouel
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Santo Domingo |
| See | Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor |
| Appointed | 20 August 1906 |
| Quashed | 11 October 1935 |
| Predecessor | Fernando Arturo de Meriño |
| Successor | Ricardo Pittini |
| Other posts | President of the Dominican Republic (1912–1913) |
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| Ordination | 19 December 1885 by Fernando Arturo de Meriño |
| Consecration | 16 October 1904 by Rafael Merry del Val |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla |
| Born |
December 12, 1862 Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, Spanish Empire |
| Died | June 25, 1937 (aged 74) Ciudad Trujillo, District of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Nationality | Dominican |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Residence | Santo Domingo |
| Parents | Carlos Rafael Nouel y Pierret, Clemencia Antonia Bobadilla y Desmier D’Olbreuse |
| Motto |
Iustitia et Pax (Latin for "Justice and Peace") |
| Coat of arms |  |
Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla (12 December 1862, Santo Domingo – 26 June 1937) was an archbishop, educator and interim president of the Dominican Republic.
Nouel was born to Carlos Rafael Nouel y Pierret, a Dominican diplomat, law teacher, journalist, and businessman of French descent, and Clemencia Antonia Bobadilla y Desmier D’Olbreuse (daughter of President Tomás Bobadilla y Briones, of full Spanish descent and the first ruler of the Dominican Republic, with his wife of French noble origin María Virginia Desmier D’Olbreuse y Allard, from the Desmier of Olbreuse dynasty) in Santo Domingo. His great-grandfather, Barthelemy Pierret Grinet, was a French gunnery sergeant who arrived to the island on 29 January 1802 in the fleet commanded by General Leclerc, Napoleon’s brother-in-law.
He began his studies in El Colegio El Estudio, of Santo Domingo, and afterward he studied at the Seminary of the Dominican Capital. Before going to study abroad, he was a student of Archbishop Fernando Arturo de Meriño. He went to Italy where he studied in the Colegio Latin Pio for ten years. He excelled in this school as one of the brightest students. In 1883 he received a doctorate in philosophy and bachelor's degree in theology and canon law from the Gregorian University. In 1885, accompanied by Monsignor Meriño, he returned to Santo Domingo and received the sacred order of priesthood in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo.
In 1888 he became the parish priest of San Juan. In 1890, he became parish priest of the Cathedral of Santo Domingo and vice-chancellor of the Conciliar Seminary of Santo Tomas de Aquino. In this seminary he taught Philosophy, Latin and Theology. Later he became parish priest of Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz in el Seibo, San Juan de la Maguana and finally of the parish in La Vega. In this city he initiated the building of a church the Town designated as "adopted son".
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