Education

He went to College of San Buenaventura,heard the lessons of Alejandro Angulo Guridi

Career

In literature, Merino represents the top of the Dominican oratory.

Achievements

• Promoted the educational and cultural development of the nation.
  
  Created the Department of Civil Law, Constitutional and international and Medicine.
  
  Installed the first Sugar Factories.

Works

• book

  • Elements of physical geography, politics and history of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo,1868

  • Unpublished writings in the magazine "Clio", July-August 1935

  • "Historic Home", written 1878, published in 1937 by the Academy of History

• letters

  • Pastoral Letters and memos, Santo Domingo 1906

• works

  • "Catechism Elemental" and "Correspondence"

Religion

He entered the seminary in 1848, ordained a priest on April 24, 1856, he sang his first Mass on May 3 of the same year.

In March 28,1861, the Pope appointed him as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Santo Domingo.

Politics

He was a deputy of the Constituent Assembly .

Presidential terms: September 1, 1880 – September 1, 1882

Interests

• Merino was the greatest orator of the Dominican Republic.

Connections

Father:

Peter Ramirez

Mother:

Mary Ramirez