Francis Xavier GarchitorenaU.S., Consular Reports of Births, 1910-1949 (January 8, 1938 - February 25, 2005) was a Filipino

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Presiding

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from 1986 to 2002. Garchitorena studied in

Ateneo de Naga University Ateneo de Naga University () and () also referred to by its acronym AdNU, is a Private school, private Catholic Jesuit basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus in Naga City, Camarines Sur, Na ...

and graduated from the Law School of Ateneo de Manila University in 1962. He was one of the leading lawyers during his time. He was appointed Sandiganbayan Justice. Minita V. Chico Nazario was appointed to fill his place. In 2001, he was embroiled in a dispute with Associate Justice Anacleto Badoy, culminating with the latter going on leave.

Family

Garchitorena's biological father, Buenaventura de Erquiaga Palacios (1895-1959), was a Spanish honorary vice consul, from Ea,

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. Garchitorena's mother, Flor Chereau Garchitorena (1902-1981), came from Tigaon,

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, and was of Spanish and French descent. Flor's brother was Don Mariano Garchitorena, governor of Camarines Sur, secretary of Agriculture and commerce, and Minister to Spain. Garchitorena was the grandson by paternal line of Felipe Santiago de Erquiaga de Odiaga (1859-?) and María Jesús Palacios Goitia (1858-?), and by maternal line of Don Andrés Garchitorena, a revolutionary mason and member of Aguinaldo's Hong Kong Junta, and of Marguerite Chereau, who was French.

Illness and death

On January 17, 2005, Garchitorena was diagnosed with

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. He died at the

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on February 25, 2005.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garchitorena, Francis Erquiaga 1938 births 2005 deaths Bicolano people People from Camarines Sur 20th-century Filipino judges Filipino people of Basque descent Filipino people of French descent Filipino people of Indian descent Filipino people of Irish descent Filipino people of Spanish descent Ateneo de Manila University alumni Justices of the Sandiganbayan