José Quintero Parra

José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra ( born September 22, 1902 in Mucuchíes, Venezuela, † July 8, 1984 in Caracas ) was Archbishop of Caracas.

Life

José Humberto Quintero Parra earned his doctorate at the Pontifical Gregorian University in the subjects of Catholic theology and canon law. In 1926 he received the sacrament of Holy Orders, and was then for three years as a parish pastor used in the Archdiocese of Mérida. From 1929 to 1934 he worked as a personal secretary to the Archbishop of Mérida, in the years 1929 to 1953 he was at the same location Secretary of the Diocesan Curia and Vicar General.

1953 Pope Pius XII appointed him. Titular Archbishop of Achrida and Koadjutorerzbischof of Mérida, 1960 commissioned him to Pope John XXIII. with the management of the Archdiocese of Caracas and took him on 16 January 1961 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio in the College of Cardinals to. He took in the years 1962 to 1965 participated in all sessions of the Second Vatican Council and managed from 1958 to 1961, the bishops' conference of his native country. He participated in the conclaves in 1963 and 1978.

In 1980 Pope John Paul II to be for reasons of age conditional resignation. José Humberto Quintero Parra died on July 8, 1984 in Caracas and was buried in the local cathedral.