Juan Subercaseaux

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Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz: Chilean archbishop, born Santiago de Chile, 26 August 1896; died as Archbishop of La Serena, Chile, 9 August 1942. Ordained Priest of Santiago de Chile 3 April 1920. Appointed Bishop of Linares, Chile, 23 February 1935 and ordained 28 April 1935 by the Apostolic Nuncio in Chile, Archbishop Ettore Felici. Installed as Bishop 12 May 1935. Appointed Archbishop of La Serena, Chile 8 January 1940 and installed as Archbishop of La Serena 9 April 1940. Awarded the Order of the Crown of Italy. Died tragically in a road accident near La Serena, 9 August 1942.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
2 Apostolic Succession
3 Sources

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz was born in Santiago of Chile. He was the son of Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña, a career diplomatic, Ambassador of Chile to the Holy See for more than two decades and Amalia Errázuriz Urmeneta, writer, author of the book "Rome of the spirit". Young Juan educated in the values of the faith, in a deeply Catholic family, had as spiritual director the famous Chilean priest, Miguel León Prado, who would become, years later, the first bishop of the Diocese of Linares. Juan went to the prestigious Jesuit school "San Ignacio", in Santiago, and from there he went directly to the Santiago Seminar in order to continue his education. After his ordination he continued his studies of Philosophy and Theology in Rome, initially at the Pontificia Università Gregoriana and, subsequently, at the Pontificio Collegio Pio Latino Americano of Rome and at the "Accademia dei Nobili Ecclesiastici" (nowadays "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica)", where he obtained the doctorate in Philosophy and Theology.