Bolívar y la Iglesia en el Perú: la cuestión del Patronato.

When independence was proclaimed in the various cities of the Viceroyalty of Peru (1820-1821), this sparked problems in the Church, the most important being the forced or voluntary exile of bishops, canons and many parish priests. San Martín (1821-1822) and Bolivar (1823-1826) both took upon themselves the prerogatives of the «Patronato real». But it was under Bolívar that the church in Peru lost more authority: his period saw the most radical exercise of this patronage. This article studies some of the measures that Bolívar applied to control the clergy in Peru, as well as the consequences of this policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]