“SÍNODOS”, TITHES, AND FIRST FRUITS: THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE PRIESTS IN THE INDIAN PARISHES OF THE DIOCESE OF AREQUIPA IN THE LATE BOURBON PERIOD (1790–1824)

Rondón F.V. · Historia (Chile) (2025) · DOI: 10.7764/hist.58.2.68657

Resumen

This research examines the economic support of the priests of the Indian Doctrines in the Arequipa Diocese during the late Bourbon period, after the Indian uprisings in the Southern Andean region in the’80s. Given that the Laws of the Indies allowed that the salary of the priest was determined by the custom rooted in each community of natives, this study seeks to clarify the mechanisms of remuneration of the doctrinero by indicating how it is composed, how much it was, and where it came from in each parish. It seeks to find out how much the sinodo is from the total income, and what the significance of the ecclesiastical fees and contributions from native people is for each parish priest. This article looks into the parish priests’ salary (the sinodo) and its relationship to tithes and tribute, the earnings for obvenciones (perquisites) and primicias (first fruits), the question of sufficient congrua, the salary of the auxiliary clerics, and the available labor of the Indians at the priest’s service.

Instituciones: Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola