The history of the 19th century in what was then called New Granada was characterized by countless social, economic, and religious conflicts. The creation of the new republic arose from intense reflection and debate regarding ...

This article presents a historical overview (primarily drawing on diocesan archives, most of which are unpublished) of the establishment of the main dioceses created in the Department of Valle del Cauca (Colombia) during ...

The objective of this article is to present the opinions and controversies surrounding the arrival of the Society of Jesus in Santiago de Cali, as expressed in articles published in the newspapers El Sentimiento Democrático ...

Ecclesiastical councils played a decisive role in the ecclesiastical administration of the Indies bishoprics, as they were the bodies in which members of local family groups positioned themselves as a strategy to acquire ...

The history of the Diocese is one developed by lay people, with the advantages and, undoubtedly, disadvantages that this entails. The aim is not to offer an apologia for the Church in its regional development, but rather ...

This article focuses on the study of 45 census deeds from the First Notary Collection of the Central Archive of Cauca, to identify the loans granted by the Popayán Cathedral between the 17th and 18th centuries, in order ...

Professor Eduardo Mejía Prado's academic career has been marked by the study of topics such as local and regional history, settlement patterns, and the peasantry in the Cauca Valley. As a professor and researcher at the ...

In early 2019, I received a kind invitation from the Allpanchis editorial team to coordinate a dossier dedicated to the study of the American clergy. In defining this academic endeavor, I determined that it was vital to ...

The purpose of this article is to study, through the correspondence of the Spanish ambassadors in Italy with Emperor Charles V and his son Philip II, the type of interference and influence that the Spanish monarchy had in ...

The political history of Colombia in the 20th century was marked by the Catholic Church's continuous and somewhat heterogeneous political activism. This article, based on an analysis of correspondence and episcopal records ...