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JORQUERA, Jacinto (hor-kay'-rah), Chilian
clergyman, born in Santiago, Chile, in 1600; died there in 1675. He entered the
Dominican order in Santiago, and received the degrees of doctor of philosophy
and theology at a very early age from the university of that city. He was next
appointed professor of theology and general examiner of the diocese of Santiago,
and in 1646 was elected provincial of the Dominicans of Chile.
During his provincialship, 13 May, 1647, Santiago was
destroyed by an earthquake, and he excited general admiration by his devotion to
the sufferers, immediately afterward he began to rebuild his convent, but left
the care of finishing this work to his deputy, and went to visit the different
parts of his province. During his visit he introduced important reforms in the
convents of Paraguay, Cordova, and Buenos Aires.
He was nominated bishop of Paraguay by the Spanish
court, but the chronicles of his order make no mention of his acceptance, and it
is certain that he died a simple monk in the convent of Santiago.
Father Jorquera was a voluminous writer on religious
subjects. Most of his works are in manuscript, but a memoir that he published,
defending Bernardino de Cardenas, bishop of Paraguay, against the powerful men
who persecuted him, excited great attention at the time both in Spain and in
Spanish America.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, by John Looby Copyright ©
2001 StanKlos.comTM
JORQUERA, Jacinto (hor-kay'-rah), Chilian clergyman, born in Santiago, Chili, in 1600; died there in 1675. He entered the Dominican order in Santiago, and received the degrees of doctor of philosophy and theology at a very early age from the university of that city. He was next appointed professor of theology and general examiner of the diocese of Santiago, and in 1646 was elected provincial of the Dominicans of Chili. During his provincialship, 13 May, 1647, Santiago was destroyed by an earthquake, and he excited general admiration by his devotion to the sufferers, immediately afterward he began to rebuild his convent, but left the care of finishing this work to his deputy, and went to visit the different parts of his province. During his visit he introduced important reforms in the convents of Paraguay, Cordova, and Buenos Ayres. He was nominated bishop of Paraguay by the Spanish court, but the chronicles of his order make no mention of his acceptance, and it is certain that he died a simple monk in the convent of Santiago. Father Jorquera was a voluminous writer on religious subjects. Most of his works are in manuscript, but a memoir that, he published, defending Bernardino de Cardenas, bishop of Paraguay, against the powerful men who persecuted him. excited great attention at the time both in Spain and in Spanish America.
