Pedro Pablo Caro

Pedro Pablo Caro
Born Pedro Pablo Caro Rodríguez
12 May 1875
San Antonio de Petrel, Pichilemu, Chile
Died 3 July 1959 (aged 84)
Rancagua, Chile
Nationality Chilean
Alma mater University of Chile
Occupation Lawyer
Spouse(s) Clementina Leiva Espinoza (married 1902)
Elena Salinas Monzón
Children 6
Parent(s) José María Caro Martínez
Rita Rodríguez Cornejo

Pedro Pablo Caro Rodríguez (12 May 1875 – 3 July 1959) was a Chilean lawyer. After obtaining the degree of law and political sciences from the University of Chile, he worked as an independent lawyer in Rancagua, and served as acting judges in several communes and departments in Chile, including San Carlos, Curicó, Nacimiento, among others. He was also a secretary and treasurer of the municipality of Buin. Caro Rodríguez was member of the Conservative Party of Chile, and later of the Christian Democrat Party of Chile.

Biography

Caro family in 1906. In front: his father José María and his mother Rita; in the back, his siblings José María, Rita, and himself.

Pedro Pablo was born on 12 May 1875,[1] to José María Caro Martínez (1830–1916), the first Mayor of Pichilemu, and Rita Rodríguez Cornejo (1834–1932), in the village of San Antonio de Petrel, Pichilemu, in current Cardenal Caro Province, Region of O'Higgins. He was the seventh child of the Caro Rodríguez marriage;[2] among his siblings were José María (1866–1958), the first Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church,[3] and Francisco Adriano, the eighth Mayor of Pichilemu.[4]

Caro Rodríguez completed his secondary studies at Colegio Santo Tomás de Aquino.[n 1] He obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy and humanities from the University of Chile.[6] In 1900, he obtained a Bachelor degree in Law and Political Sciences from the same university,[7] and in the following year, he became a graduate in the same faculty.[8] His thesis was titled "Deficiencias de nuestras actuales leyes sobre bosques y utilidad de su reforma".[9] He was sworn in as a lawyer on 28 August 1901.[1]

Later in 1901, Caro Rodríguez became secretary and treasurer of the municipality of Buin, in current Santiago Metropolitan Region. He married Clementina Leiva Espinoza in that city, on 7 June 1902. They had no children. Caro Rodríguez later married Elena Salinas Monzón, with whom he had six children.[1]

Pedro Pablo Caro worked as an independent lawyer in Rancagua, current capital of the Region of O'Higgins, where he also served as dean lawyer, and as property tax promoter for the department of Rancagua between 12 June 1913 and the office's suppression in 1927.[10] As a lawyer, he served as acting judge in several communes and departments: Castro Department (16 February – 1 April 1904), Cachapoal (Peumo) (1905), Lontué (1906), San Carlos (1907), Los Andes (1908), Nacimiento (1912), Curicó (Second Court) (1913), Cachapoal (1915), Rancagua (January 1918), and Caupolicán (Rengo) (1920).[11] In 1952, he celebrated the "golden anniversary" of his professional career in that city.[1]

Caro Rodríguez became a member of the Conservative Youth of Chile in 1913, and attended that year's convention as a delegate for Rengo. He became later a regular member of the Conservative Party of Chile. In his later years, in 1956, he became a member of the Christian Democrat Party of Chile.[1]

Pedro Pablo Caro Rodríguez died in Rancagua on 3 July 1959, at age 84.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Armando de Ramón's book Biografías de chilenos states that he completed his secondary studies at Colegio Santo Tomás de Aquino; however, the one school that bears that name in Chile was founded in 1949.[5] The book also incorrectly states that Caro Rodríguez graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile's career of law.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 de Ramón, Armando; Acevedo Fagalde, Ema; Valdivieso, Patricio (1996). Biografías de chilenos: miembros de los poderes ejecutivo, legislativo y judicial, 1876–1973 [Biographies of Chileans: members of the judiciary, legislative, and executive powers, 1876–1973] (PDF) (in Spanish) I. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. p. 233–234. ISBN 956-14-0529-6.
  2. ↑ Saldías, Washington (21 June 2008). "142 años del natalicio "del niño campesino que llegó a cardenal", nacido en la comuna de Pichilemu" [142 years from the birth of the "country child who became a cardinal", born in the commune of Pichilemu]. Pichilemu News (in Spanish) (Pichilemu, Chile). Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "José María Caro Rodríguez: 1866–1958 – El primer cardenal chileno." [José María Caro Rodríguez: 1866–1958 – The first Chilean cardinal]. Biografía de Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Saldías, Washington (2 August 2007). "Alcaldes, regidores y concejales de la comuna de Pichilemu" [Mayors, regidores, and councilors of the commune of Pichilemu]. Pichilemu News (in Spanish) (Pichilemu, Chile). Archived from the original on 22 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Historia" [History]. Colegio Santo Tomás de Aquino (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sesion de 22 de octubre de 1894" [22 October 1894 session]. Anales de la Universidad de Chile [Annals of the University of Chile] (in Spanish) 89. Santiago: Universidad de Chile. 1894. p. 213. http://books.google.com/books?id=PUoCAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
  7. ↑ Herboso, Francisco J. (1900). "Anales de la Universidad de Chile" [Annals of the University of Chile] (in Spanish) 105. Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. p. 16. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013. Leída i aprobada el acta de la sesion de 26 de marzo último, el señor Rector confirió el grado de Licenciado en la Facultad de Leyes y Ciencias Políticas a don Filidor Rodríguez Riquelme i a don Romualdo Silva Cortés; el de Bachiller en la misma Facultad a don Ruperto Alamos Blanco, [...] J. Eulojio Palacios Matamala, Pedro Pablo Caro Rodríguez, Carlos Cruchaga Retamal |chapter= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ "Anales de la Universidad de Chile" [Annals of the University of Chile] 108. 1901. p. 70. del que rije, el señor Rector confirió el grado de licenciado en la Facultad de Leyes i Ciencias Políticas a don Pedro Pablo Caro Rodríguez |chapter= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ Caro Rodríguez, Pedro Pablo (1901). Deficiencias de nuestras actuales leyes sobre bosques y utilidad de su reforma [Deficiencies of our current laws on forests and usefulness of their reform] (Thesis). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta del Centro, Editorial La Prensa.
  10. ↑ "Boletín de la Academia Chilena de la Historia" (in Spanish) 100. Santiago, Chile: Academia Chilena de la Historia. 1989. p. 324. 34. Caro Rodríguez, Pedro Pablo: Abogado, 28-8-1901. Rancagua, 12-6-1913, cargo que ejerció hasta la supresión de estos cargos.
  11. ↑ Memoria (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Ministry of Justice of Chile. 1924. p. 539. Promotor fiscal, don Pedro Pablo Caro Rodríguez, nombrado por decreto núm. 1,824, de 12 de Junio de 1913; abogado, el 28 de Agosto de 1901; el 7 de Setiembre de 1901, secretario i tesorero de la Municipalidad de Buin; por decreto núm. 290, de 23 de Enero de 1904, fué nombrado juez suplente del departamento de Castro, desde el 16 de Febrero hasta el 1.° de Abril de dicho año; por decreto núm. 2,417, de 1.° de Setiembre [...]