Education
Graduate Seminario Pontificio, Santiago, 1937.
archbishop university chancellor
Graduate Seminario Pontificio, Santiago, 1937.
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1937. Bishop of Copiapo, 1958. Archbishop of Louisiana Serena, 1967, Santiago, 1983;elevated to cardinal, 1985.
President vocation and ministries department Consejo Episcopal Latino Americano, Bogota, 1983.
Great chancellor University Catolica de Chile, 1983. Cardinal consultant Sacra Congregatio pro Institutione Catholica, Rome, 1985.
President Caritas Chile, 1990. Rector del Templo Sagrada Familia, Santiago, 1996.
Named Distinguished Citizen, Louisiana Serena, Chile, 1983.
Recipient Diego Portales award Santiago, 1985, diploma orden al merito Traders confederation Education World Council, Santiago, 1985.