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Juan Joseph Manuel Vicente Zambrano (1772-aft 1825)

Juan Zambrano was a politically active, obviously impetuous, if not violent, individual, part of one of the earliest peninsulare families of San Fernando de Bexar.

Records indicate he was born 1772, probably in Spain, and a subdeacon of the church in 1803. His aggressive use of church rules for personal advantage and unpriestly behavior (business ethics, gambling, drinking, etc.) in the eyes of some factions precipitated a petition to authorities by locals to restrain his aggressiveness.

He was often at odds with Texas governor Manuel Salcedo who was generally at odds with hypocritical church officials who exercised their power too liberally without his blessing and the governor exiled Zambrano to Mexico City in 1807.

The decision was reversed by the audencia of Guadalajara and when Zambrano reappeared in the province of Texas,