St. Ignatius College, Santiago (Spanish: Colegio San Ignacio Alonso Ovalle) is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in Santiago, Chile. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1856 and is run by the Jesuit St. Ignatius Foundation as a part of the Ignatian Educational Network of Chile, the Latin American Federation of Jesuit Colleges, and the Latin American Federation of the Society of Jesus (FLACSI).
The school is the second oldest private school in Santiago after Padres Franceses de Santiago.
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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.
Notable alumni
Carlos Walker Martínez (1842-1905), lawyer and politician
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850-1901), lawyer, politician and 13th President of Chile
Javier Ángel Figueroa (1862-1945), lawyer and politician
Emiliano Figueroa (1866-1931), lawyer, politician and 19th President of Chile
Agustín Edwards Mac-Clure (1878-1941), lawyer, diplomat and businessman
Juan Esteban Montero (1879-1948), lawyer, politician and 21st President of Chile
Vicente Huidobro (1893-1948), poet, writer, editor and literary critic
Saint Alberto Hurtado SJ (1901-1952), Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer; canonized in 2005.
Bernardo Leighton (1909-1995), lawyer and politician
Gabriel Valdes (1919-2011), lawyer, diplomat and politician
Sergio Livingstone (1920-2012), football player
Carlos González Cruchaga (1921-2008), Bishop and founder of Catholic University of the Maule
Julio Silva Solar (1926-2014), lawyer, writer, university professor, and politician
Claudio Bravo (1936-2011), painter
Juan Luis Ossa Bulnes (born 1942), lawyer, academic, mining entrepreneur, and politician
Mariano Fernandez (born 1945), politician
Jaime Ravinet (born 1946), politician, lawyer, academic and businessperson
Pablo Longueira (1958), civil engineer and politician
Rafael Araneda (born 1969), television presenter
Raimundo Tupper (1969-1995), football player
Felipe Seymour (1987), football player