St. Ignatius College, Santiago

St. Ignatius College, Santiago Spanish: Colegio San Ignacio Alonso Ovalle

Address

Alonso de Ovalle & San Ignacio Santiago Chile
Coordinates	33°26′51.28″S 70°39′22.87″W / 33.4475778°S 70.6563528°W / -33.4475778; -70.6563528
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Type	Private primary and secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholicism
Denomination	Jesuit
Patron saint(s)	Ignatius Loyola
Established	1856; 167 years ago (1856)
Founder	Rafael Valentín Valdivieso Society of Jesus
Trust	Jesuit St. Ignatius Foundation
Administrator	Jaime Laso Fresno
Rector	Marcelo Mackenney Poblete
Teaching staff	89
Gender	Boys: 1856 – 2014 Co-educational: since 2015
Enrollment	1,313
Mascot	Devil
Affiliations	Latin American Federation of the Society of Jesus (FLACSI) Ignatian Educational Network
Website	www.colegiosanignacio.cl
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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.^{[citation needed]}