Background
CARO RODRÍGUEZ, José María was born on June 23, 1866 in Pichilcmu., Chile.
CARO RODRÍGUEZ, José María was born on June 23, 1866 in Pichilcmu., Chile.
Educated Seminario de Santiago, Latin American Pius College, and Gregorian University, Rome.
Professor philosophy, Seminario de Santiago, 1891-1898. Priest, Mamiña, 1899. Apostolic vicar, Tarapacá, 1911.
Bishop of Milas, 1912. Bishop of La Serena, 1925. Represented Chilean church at Eucharistic Congress, Chicago, United States of America, 1926.
Archbishop of La Serena, 1939. Archbishop of Santiago, 1939. Was made cardinal, 1946.
Honors: was named assistant prelate to the pontifical throne, and Roman count, 1937.