Jose Maria Caro
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His Eminence José Maria Caro |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Pichilemu |
| In office | 1881–1958 |
| Predecessor | Jose Campillo Infante |
| Successor | Raúl Silva Henríquez |
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| Ordination | 20 December 1890 |
| Consecration | 28 Apr 1912 by Enrico Sibilia |
| Created Cardinal | 18 February 1946 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born |
June 23, 1866 Los Valles, Pichilemu |
| Died | December 4, 1958 (aged 92) Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Previous post | Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (1911-1925) Bishop of La Serena (1925-1939) Archbishop of La Serena (1939) |
José María Caro Rodríguez (June 23, 1866 in Los Valles – December 4, 1958) was a Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santiago from 1939 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.
José María Caro was born in Los Valles, Pichilemu, as the fourth of the nine children of José María Caro Martínez, former Mayor of Pichilemu, and his wife Rita Rodríguez Cornejo. After attending a local school, he entered the seminary in Santiago in 1881. Caro then went to Rome in 1887, studying at the Pontifical Collegio Pio-Latinoamericano and the Pontifical Gregorian University until 1891. Ordained to the priesthood on December 20, 1890, he returned to Chile in October 1891 and then taught preparatory studies and philosophy at the Santiago seminary.
Caro carried out his pastoral ministry in several chaplaincies, hospitals and parishes, also serving as pastor of Mamiña from March to December 1899. He returned to the seminary in 1900 as Professor of Theology.
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