REPATRIACIÓN DE LOS RESTOS MORTALES DE DON VICENTE ROCAFUERTE DESDE LIMA A GUAYAQUIL, SEPTIEMBRE 1884

Abstract

Rocafuerte, Ecuadorian diplomatic at the governments of Peru, Bolivia and Chile died on May 16, 1847, the burial was celebrated with heartfelt demonstrations of reverence and appreciation for the large turnout, was buried in the Presbítero Maestro Cemetery of Lima. His compatriots had latent the idea of repatriating his mortal remains to Guayaquil. The National Convention decreed the transfer of its challenges on June 26, 1851, which was ratified by the National Assembly in August 27, 1852, until President Placido Caamaño decreed the definitive repatriation of the remains of Rocafuerte in August 11, 1884; commission that traveled to Lima where he expected another delegate to manage the permit before the Peruvian government and organize the arrangements. On September 23, the exhumation of the remains from the majestic mausoleum to the special train that took them to the church of Santo Domingo was carried out. The Government of Peru warned that honorable honors would be paid to the illustrious deceased by the honors that a marshal

presided over by the Executive Power and authorities gathered, it was a multitudinous event the farewell of the remains escorted from the church to the pier of Callao sailed the steam Lima on the 25th with the remains of Rocafuerte led by the Commission, on the 29th they arrived at the Puná island, They transshipped the remains to the 9th of July war cruise received on board by a special commission, the ship docked at the pier opposite the College of the Sagrados Corazones and the students of the San Vicente High School, the President of the Republic and authorities received the remains and they set off in a grand funeral parade to the beautifully arranged Cathedral where a mass was celebrated. The mortuary box was placed on top of the beautiful catafalque on the main altar that was left for the visit of the citizens, the remains were deposited in a temporary wooden mausoleum in the church until 1925 were moved definitively to the imposing mausoleum of the Patrimonial Cemetery of Guayaquil.