Juan Nepomuceno Solá
Juan Nepomuceno Solá was an Argentine Catholic priest. He had an active participation in the political life of the Río de la Plata.Biography
Juan Nepomuceno was born in Buenos Aires, son of Miguel de Solá y Solá de Medinaceli, born in Biscay, and Juana de Indá y Tirado, belonging to a traditional Creole family of Spanish and Portuguese origin. Through his mother he was a descendant of Ñuño Fernández Lobo, being a distant relative of Juan Cayetano Fernández de Agüero, of outstanding performance as parish priest of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires.
After completing his elementary studies he graduated as a doctor of theology from the University of Saint Francis Xavier in 1774. That same year he was ordained as a priest, being appointed Provisor and Vicar General of the bishopric and interim parish priest of the church of :es:Basílica de San Nicolás de Bari |San Nicolás de Bari in 1776.
Juan Nepomuceno Solá had been the head of the Church of Montserrat for years, when he was invited to participate in the open town hall on May 22, 1810. He integrated the first governing board, previous to the formation of the Primera Junta.
