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 List of Jesuit sites
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