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Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz (26 August 1896 – 9 August 1942) was a

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archbishop. Juan Subercaseaux was of French and

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descent.

Biography

Juan Subercaseaux was born in

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, the son of

Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña (10 April 1854, Valparaíso – 19 January 1937 Viña del Mar) was a Chilean painter, politician and diplomat. Biography He was the youngest of thirteen children born to a prominent, wealthy family. His grandfat ...

, a career

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of Chile to the

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for more than two decades and

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Urmeneta, writer, author of the book "Rome of the spirit". Young Juan was educated in the values of the faith, in a deeply Catholic family, had as spiritual director the famous Chilean

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, who would become, years later, the first bishop of the Diocese of Linares. Juan went to the prestigious Jesuit school of "San Ignacio" in Santiago, and from there he went directly to the Santiago

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in order to continue his education. After his ordination he continued his studies of Philosophy and

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, initially at the Pontificia Università Gregoriana and, subsequently, at the Pontificio Collegio Pio Latino Americano of Rome and at the "

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" (nowadays " Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica)", where he obtained the

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in Philosophy and Theology. Ordained

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of Santiago de Chile on 3 April 1920, he was consecrated

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on 28 April 1935 by the

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Nuncio in Chile, Archbishop

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. Appointed Archbishop of La Serena in 1940. He was awarded the Order of the Crown of

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and died in a road accident near La Serena.

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*''Buena Nueva'', periodical of Linares Diocese (

). 1896 births 1942 deaths J Chilean people of Basque descent Chilean people of French descent 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Chile 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Chile Road incident deaths in Chile Subercaseaux family Roman Catholic archbishops of La Serena Roman Catholic bishops of Linares {{Chile-RC-archbishop-stub

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