Custodio García Rovira

José Custodio Cayetano García Rovira (March 2, 1780 – August 8, 1816) was a Neogranadine general, statesman and painter, who fought for the independence of New Granada from Spain, and became President of the United Provinces of the New Granada in 1816. He was executed a month later during the Reconquista, at the hands of Pablo Morillo.

Education

García was the son of Juan de Dios García Navas and Rosa Rovira de García, he was born on March 2, 1780, in Bucaramanga, in the province of Socorro, part of the Viceroyalty of the New Granada, in what is now Colombia. He attended the Colegio Mayor de San BartoloméAppleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography - Page 110. Edited by John Fiske, James Grant Wilson. in Santafé de Bogotá, where he graduated in 1799 with a degree in Philosophy, and in 1804 he got his degree in Civil Law, and later a Doctorate in Theology. He also attended the Saint Thomas Aquinas University where he studied Painting and Music, later receiving a degree in Fine arts; on April 29, 1809, García also received his doctorate in Law and was officially received as a lawyer by the Royal Audiency of Santafé de BogotáHomenaje que el Centro de historia de Santander en nombre del gobierno y del pueblo santandereano, rinde a los próceres regionales con ocasión de celebrarse el primer centenario de la muerte del libertador Simón Bolívar.by Academia de Historia de Santander.. He later returned to San Bartolomé...
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