Archbishop Patricio Infante Alfonso †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Oct 1929		Born
28 Jun 1953	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santiago de Chile
7 Aug 1984	54.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
7 Aug 1984	54.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gergis
23 Sep 1984	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gergis
12 Dec 1990	61.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile
25 Jan 1991	61.2	Installed	Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile
26 Nov 2004	75.1	Retired	Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile
18 Apr 2025	95.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile

MicroData Summary
Patricio Infante Alfonso
Archbishop Patricio Infante Alfonso
(born 9 Oct 1929, died 18 Apr 2025)
Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta

Event Place
Birth Place Santiago de Chile, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Ordained Bishop Pontifical Seminary, Chapel, Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Death Place Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

a priest for 71.8 years
a bishop for 40.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
José María Cardinal Caro Rodríguez †
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín †
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †
Archbishop of La Serena
Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †
Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín † (1958)
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez † (1934)
Archbishop of La Serena
Bishop Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán † (1918)
Bishop of Concepción
Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra † (1917)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto (2003)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J. † (1993)
Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. † (2004)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Santiago de Chile, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Ordained Bishop	Pontifical Seminary, Chapel, Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Death Place	Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

External Link(s):

VIAF: 647145857117222922634
WikiData: Q1630592

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1/i: CB, 10 Apr 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 87, Number 7,317
d: CB, 19 Apr 2025

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