Carlos María Javier Cardinal de la Torre †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Nov 1873		Born
19 Dec 1896	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Quito, Ecuador
30 Dec 1911	38.1	Appointed	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
26 May 1912	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
21 Aug 1919	45.7	Appointed	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
20 Dec 1926	53.0	Appointed	Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
8 Sep 1933	59.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
12 Jan 1953	79.1	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Jan 1953	79.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro
23 Jun 1967	93.6	Retired	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
31 Jul 1968	94.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

MicroData Summary
Carlos María Javier de la Torre
Carlos María Javier Cardinal de la Torre
(born 15 Nov 1873, died 31 Jul 1968)
Archbishop Emeritus of Quito

Consistory - 1953: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Quito, Archdiocese of Quito

a priest for 71.6 years
a bishop for 56.1 years
a cardinal for 15.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Federico González y Suárez †
Archbishop of Quito
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Manuel María Pólit y Laso †
Bishop of Cuenca
Bishop Juan María Riera (Riesa), O.P. †
Bishop of Guayaquil

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Federico González y Suárez † (1895)
Archbishop of Quito
Archbishop Pedro Rafael González y Calixto † (1876)
Archbishop of Quito
Archbishop José Ignacio Checa y Barba † (1861)
Archbishop of Quito
Lodovico Cardinal Altieri † (1836)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Ordained Priest:
Antonio José Cardinal González Zumárraga † (1951)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral † (1937)
Bishop Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus † (1938)
Bishop Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. † (1938)
Bishop Silvio Luis Haro Alvear † (1950)
Archbishop Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad † (1954)
Bishop Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. † (1956)
Bishop Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. † (1958)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alejandro Pasquel Monge † (1932)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Quito, Archdiocese of Quito

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/269430
VIAF: 73612860
WikiData: Q767077

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1912, Number 34
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 395, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 407, Ascendance

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