Olmedo, José Joaquin

Olmedo, José Joaquin, 1780-1847, Ecuadorian statesman and poet. An ambassador to Paris and London after Ecuador's independence, Olmedo gained renown for his ode La Victoria de Junín [the victory at Junín] (1825), which glorified Simón Bolívar. His collected works in Spanish were published in 1977.

Father José Joaquin Jimeno (1804 – 1856) was a Spanish missionary to the Americas.

Father Jimeno is known to have traveled with Father Mariano Payeras to San Jacinto, a distant rancho of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in September 1821. He also appears in an 1836 sketch of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. From 1838 to 1844 he held the position of Presidente of the California mission chain and of Vicáreo Foraneo to the bishop.