Jacinto Barrasa

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Jacinto Barrasa (or Barraza) (born at Lima, Peru, early in the seventeenth century; died there, 22 November 1704) was a Peruvian Jesuit preacher and historian.

In the seventeenth century, the different religious orders appointed historiographers or official chroniclers of the work done in their American provinces. The Jesuits selected Ignacio de Arbieto for their Peruvian missions, but as his account was not accepted, Jacinto Barrasa was appointed in his stead.