Vicente Barsana
Vicente Barsana | |
|---|---|
 Portrait as member of the Philippine Assembly, c. 1913 | |
| Governor of Batanes | |
| In office September 18, 1916 – January 22, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Ignacio Susara |
| Succeeded by | Jose O. Ocampo |
| Member of the Philippine Assembly from Batanes lone district | |
| In office September 5, 1911 – October 16, 1916 | |
| Preceded by | Teófilo Castillejos |
| Succeeded by | Juan C. Castillejos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vicente Barsana y Callaray February 5, 1865 Ivana, Batanes, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | January 22, 1917 (aged 51) |
| Political party | Progresista |
Vicente Barsana y Callaray (February 5, 1865 – January 22, 1917) was a Filipino elementary schoolteacher and politician of Ivatan ethnicity who represented Batanes's lone district in the Philippine Assembly from 1911 to 1912[1] and reelected from 1912 to 1916.[2][3] He was also governor of Batanes from 1916 to 1917.[3][4] In 1917, he, along with other Batanes provincial officials, died in a sea accident which ended his term as governor.[5]
Biography
Barsana was born on February 5, 1865 in Ivana, Batanes to Narciso Barsana and Jovita Callaray.[6][7] He was a native Ivatan and a member of the principalia group in Batanes.[3] A primary school teacher by profession, he was the head of the Uyugan public school from 1888 to 1890 and held various roles in Batanes's provincial government as well as the province's Court of First Instance. In 1904, he became Municipal President in Batanes and was Justice of the Peace from 1906 to 1909. After Teófilo Castillejos's death, he was elected to the Second Legislature in 1911 due to a special election[1] and later won a seat in the Third Legislature in 1912.[7][8] The Americans did appoint two Ivatan governors of Batanes, with Barsana being one.[3] In 1916, he was appointed as the Governor of Batanes. However his term as governor was short-lived, having to serve until 1917 due to his death in a sea accident along with other provincial officials.[3][4][5]
Barsana was a member of the Progresista Party.[8] During his political career, he was a rival of the Castillejos clan in Batanes.[3] During the 1912 Philippine Assembly elections, for instance, he defeated Juan C. Castillejos with a majority vote of 236 votes while Castillejos only received 118 votes.[8] In 1916, Castillejos succeeded Barsana as house representative of Batanes while Barsana took power as governor.[3]
References
- ^ a b Artiaga, Juan Paolo M.; Artiaga, Katrina Crista M. (2021). "Unconstitutional House Caretaking". Philippine Law Journal. 94: 892.
- ^ Representatives, Philippines Congress (1946-1949) House of (1967). Official Directory of the House of Representatives ... Bureau of Print.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f g Hidalgo, Cesar A. (1996). The Making of the Ivatans: The Cultural History of Batanes. Cognita TRC. ISBN 978-971-91494-2-2.
- ^ a b González, Julio (1966). The Batanes Islands. University of Santo Tomas Press.
- ^ a b "History". breathtakingbatanes.com. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
In 1916, Vicente Barsana was appointed as provincial governor after serving as secretary to previous governors but died in a sea accident together with other provincial officials.
- ^ Ad Veritatem. Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas. 2004.
...Ivatan leader by the name of Don Vicente Barsana (who was probably a native of the town of Ivana)...
- ^ a b "NLP Digital Collection PA01.monographs.1912.37j-6175". nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ a b c Philippine Legislature (1913). DIRECTORIO OFICIAL DE LA ASAMBLEA FILIPINA (PDF). Bureau of Printing. pp. 41–42. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 22, 2025.