José Hipólito Salas

José Hipólito Salas y Toro (August 13, 1812 – July 20, 1883) was a Chilean Catholic priest and theologian.

He was born in Olivar, and studied in the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera in Santiago.

[3] In 1848 he wrote the essay Memoria sobre el servicio personal de los indígenas y su abolición about encomienda and other subjects.

[4] In October 1854 he was appointed bishop of the then Diocese of Conception, and in next year he ordered the reopening of the Seminar of Concepción.

[5] He participated of the First Vatican Council (1869–70) convoked by Pope Pius IX, as part of the Chilean group led by monsignor Rafael Valentín Valdivieso.