A R T E A G A 



MANUEL ARTEAGA 



Manuel Arteaga was born in Cama- 

 giiey on the twenty-eighth of December, 

 1879. In 1892 he went to Venezuela to 

 pursue his studies at the University of Car- 

 acas where he followed courses in civil law 

 and theology. After being ordained he 

 was appointed to the position of foreign 

 curate and vicar at Cumana and later was 

 named Canon with the title of Doctor in 

 the Cathedral of Guayana. While at 

 Cumana he took charge of the decoration 

 of the Church of Santa Ines and was also 

 given supervision of the restoration of the 

 parish church at Benita in Venezuela, 

 which had been destroyed by the earth- 

 quake of 1900. This work under his direc- 

 tion was entirely successful. In 19 10 he 

 was sent to the Eucharistic Congress of 

 Madrid as a representative of the Archdio- 



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