RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Carlos María de la Torre

1873 - 1968

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Carlos María Javier de la Torre y Nieto (15 November 1873 – 31 July 1968) was an Ecuadorian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Quito from 1933 to 1967. He was made a cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1953, becoming the first cardinal from Ecuador. After finishing his studies at the Conciliar Seminary in Quito, Carlos María moved to the prestigious Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he earned doctorates in theology and canon law. He was ordained a priest on 19 December 1896, served as Professor of dogmatic theology at the Seminary where he had been a student and was for a time pastor in Pelileo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos María de la Torre is the 2,606th most popular religious figure (up from 2,910th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Ecuador (up from 53rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ecuadorean Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Carlos María de la Torre ranks 2,606 out of 3,187. Before him are Polycarpus II of Byzantium, Lőrinc Schlauch, Franz Delitzsch, Arsacius of Tarsus, John Mark, and Athanasius Schneider. After him are Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Baselios Cleemis, Edoardo Menichelli, Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev, Henryk Gulbinowicz, and Nikolay Ilminsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Carlos María de la Torre ranks 137. Before him are Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Nikolay Bauman, Rudolf Tobias, Carl Vaugoin, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, and Jan Janský. After him are Francisco Villota, James Jones, Olav Bjaaland, Max Švabinský, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, and Sunao Tawara. Among people deceased in 1968, Carlos María de la Torre ranks 163. Before him are George Constantine, Bobby Driscoll, Luis Brunetto, Juan José Tramutola, Abel Bonnard, and Verner Weckman. After him are Elly Ney, Valentine Hugo, Cuno Hoffmeister, Naima Wifstrand, Albert Betz, and Fernando Giudicelli.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Carlos María de la Torre ranks 27 out of 147. Before him are Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1934), Julio Jaramillo (1935), Andrés Gómez (1960), Abdalá Bucaram (1952), Álvaro Noboa (1950), and José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780). After him are Vicente Rocafuerte (1783), José de la Mar (1778), Juan Montalvo (1832), Osvaldo Hurtado (1939), Antonio Valencia (1985), and Eugenio Espejo (1747).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ecuador

Among religious figures born in Ecuador, Carlos María de la Torre ranks 3. Before him are Mariana de Jesús de Paredes (1618), and Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1934). After him are Antonio José González Zumárraga (1925), and Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (1912).

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