Bishop Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile

Motto: Conservar La Palabra En El Corazón

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Oct 1936		Born
2 Feb 1954	17.3	First Vows	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
2 Feb 1958	21.3	Perpetual Vows	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
22 Mar 1964	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
26 May 2001	64.6	Appointed	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile
1 Jul 2001	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile
25 Jul 2014	77.8	Retired	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile
27 Dec 2025	89.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile

MicroData Summary
Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera
Bishop Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera C.M.F.
(born 5 Oct 1936, died 27 Dec 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó

Ad Limina - November 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Ordained Bishop Corazón de María, Basilica, Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Death Place Santa Cura de Ars Residence, Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Buried Place (Original)

a priest for 61.7 years
a bishop for 24.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francisco Javier Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC.
Archbishop of La Serena
Bishop Fernando Ariztía Ruiz †
Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francisco Javier Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt (1991)
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F. (2009)
Celestino Cardinal Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap. (2014)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Ordained Bishop	Corazón de María, Basilica, Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Death Place	Santa Cura de Ars Residence, Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Buried Place (Original)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1495251

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 163, Number 13,999
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Additions/Corrections (front)
r: Bollettino, 25 Jul 2014
d: CB, 27 Dec 2025

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