Jorge María Hourton Poisson (May 27, 1926 – December 5, 2011) was the

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of Materiana and, in 1992–2001, the auxiliary bishop of the

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. Born in France, he acquired Chilean nationality and studied at the Seminary of

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and the Theology school of the

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. Being ordained to the priesthood in 1949, Hourton Poisson became a bishop in 1969 retiring in 2001.Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson
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