Background

Arce, Carlos Quintero was born on February 13, 1920 in Etzatlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Son of Silverio Quintero and Lucrecia Arce de Q.

Education

S.T.D., Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1946.

Career

At his death, he was the oldest Mexican bishop. He was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Ciudad Valles on March 20, 1961 and consecrated on May 14, 1961. Quintero Arce was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo on March 3, 1966 and succeeded as bishop upon retirement of Archbishop Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero on August 18, 1968.

Quintero Arce retired from the Archdiocese of Hermosillo on August 20, 1996.

He died at his home in Hermosillo, Sonora, on February 15, 2016 at the age of 96.

Achievements

• Carlos Quintero Arce has been listed as a noteworthy archbishop by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Commission on Education and Culture in Mexico, 1969-1972. Member Synod Rome; president Department Education, Consejo Episcopal Latino Americano, 1976-1978. Member Mexican Bishop's Conference.

Connections

Father:

Silverio Quintero

Mother:

Lucrecia Arcede Q.