St. Francis Xavier College
Colégio São Francisco Xavier
Address
Moreira and Costa Street, 531

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Brazil
Coordinates23°35′20.87″S 46°36′32.2″W / 23.5891306°S 46.608944°W / -23.5891306; -46.608944
Information
Former nameJapanese Catholic College of St. Francis Xavier
TypePrivate primary and secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
DenominationJesuit
Established1928 (1928)
FounderGuido del Toro
RectorEduardo Beltramini
DirectorReinaldo Correa de Aquino Jr.
Teaching staff62
GradesK-12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment1,219
Websitesanfra.g12.br

St. Francis Xavier College (Colégio São Francisco Xavier) is a Brazilian co-educational Catholic school located in the Subprefecture of Ipiranga of the city of São Paulo. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1928 and covers kindergarten through high school.

History and operations

Guido del Toro arrived in Brazil from Italy in 1914 and dedicated himself to the evangelization of Japanese immigrants. In 1928, he founded Japanese Catholic College of St. Francis Xavier in a rented house on Liberty Street. He received the present property in 1929 and by 1931 resituated the school there, still dedicated to serving the Japanese.

In 1950, it grew to being a primary and gymnasium. With the completion of a new building in 1966, it became a high school and took the name St. Francis Xavier College.

Rectors

  • 1928–1950 – Guido del Toro
  • 1950–1959 – Ignatius Shigeo Takenchi
  • 1961–1965 – Angelo Banki
  • 1965–1971 – André Massao Ozaki
  • 1971–1977 – Fernando Maria Alvarez de Miranda
  • 1977–1983 – José Maria Herreros Robles
  • 1983–1984 – Angel López Abad
  • 1984–1987 – Paul Pedreira de Freitas
  • 1987–1988 – Luis Pecci
  • 1988–1992 – Roberto Villar
  • 1992–1999 – Nelson Lopes da Silva
  • 1999–2005 – Laertes J. Cargnelutti
  • 2005–2010 – Manuel Madruga Samaniego
  • 2011 – Eduardo Henriques
  • 2012 – Eduardo Beltramini

See also

References

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