page_title: Joseph A. Lopez
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph A. Lopez
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Rev. Joseph A. Lopez, S.J., president of Georgetown University (1840), wearing a Spanish biretta
context_page_description: Joseph Anton Lopez was a Mexican Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born in Cotija, Michoacán, he studied canon law at the Colegio de San Nicolás and at the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. He became acquainted with the future Empress Ana María Huarte, and was made chaplain to the imperial family. He was also put in charge of the education of all the princes in Mexico. Lopez was a close ally of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide, residing in Madrid for four years as his attorney and political informant, and accompanying him during his exile to Italy and England.
  Following Iturbide's execution in 1824, Lopez moved to the United States with the exiled Empress Ana María and her children, and settled in Washington, D.C. He became the chaplain to the Georgetown Visitation Monastery, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1833, working also as a novice and minister at Georgetown College. When the president of Georgetown College, William McSherry died, Lopez became acting president in 1840, making him the first Latin American president of a university in the United States. As an educator, he garnered a reputation as a strict disciplinarian.
context_section_description: Joseph Anton Lopez (born José Antonio López; October 4, 1779 – October 5, 1841) was a Mexican Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born in Cotija, Michoacán, he studied canon law at the Colegio de San Nicolás and at the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. He became acquainted with the future Empress Ana María Huarte, and was made chaplain to the imperial family. He was also put in charge of the education of all the princes in Mexico. Lopez was a close ally of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide, residing in Madrid for four years as his attorney and political informant, and accompanying him during his exile to Italy and England.
  Following Iturbide's execution in 1824, Lopez moved to the United States with the exiled Empress Ana María and her children, and settled in Washington, D.C. He became the chaplain to the Georgetown Visitation Monastery, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1833, working also as a novice and minister at Georgetown College. When the president of Georgetown College, William McSherry died, Lopez became acting president in 1840, making him the first Latin American president of a university in the United States. As an educator, he garnered a reputation as a strict disciplinarian. Just several months into his presidency, he fell ill and was sent to recuperate in St. Inigoes, Maryland; he died there in 1841.
caption: Lopez wearing a Spanish biretta
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