St. Ignatius College, Santiago

St. Ignatius College, Santiago (Colegio San Ignacio Alonso Ovalle) is run by the Jesuit St. Ignatius Foundation as a part of the Ignatian Educational Network of Chile and the Latin American Federation of Jesuit Colleges, FLACSI. It has offered elementary and secondary education since 1856, and is the second oldest private school in the Chilean capital after the French Padres Franceses de Santiago.

St. Ignatius College, Santiago
Colegio San Ignacio Alonso Ovalle
Location
Alonso de Ovalle & San Ignacio, Santiago, Chile
Information
TypeJesuit, Catholic
Established1856 (1856)
AdministratorJaime Laso Fresno
RectorMarcelo Mackenney Poblete
GenderCoeducational since 2015
Enrollment1,313[1]
MascotDevil
AffiliationIgnatian Educational Network, FLACSI
Teachers89[1]
WebsiteSt. Ignatius College

History

In 1854, San Ignacio was founded by Jesuits from Buenos Aires at the behest of Rafael Valentín Valdivieso, Archbishop of Santiago. The school opened in 1854 in Santiago and within a year had 150 students. To the classroom building and Jesuit residence the Church of St. Ignatius was added in 1859.

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