Mariana de Jesús Torres

Mariana Francisca de Jesús Torres y Berriochoa OIC, (1563, Biscay – 16 January 1635,[1] Quito), was an abbess of Conceptionist Monastery of Quito from 1593 to 1635.


Mariana Francisca de Jesús Torres y Berriochoa

Born1563
Biscay
ResidenceQuito
Died16 January 1635
Quito

Life

Mariana was born in 1563 in Biscaya, Spain. Her father was Diego Torres Cádiz and her mother was María Berriochoa Álvaro. In 1577 a new Conceptionists monastery was established in Quito, and Maria de Jesus y Taboada (Mariana's aunt) was appointed as the first abbess. 21 September 1579 she took perpetual vows. Her aunt died on 4 October 1594. Between 1582 and 1634 she had Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Good Success. Mariana died on 16 January 1635.

Veneration

Her incorrupted relics were uncovered on 8 February 1906. On 8 August 1986 Archbishop of Quito Antonio José González Zumárraga. Luis E. Cadena y Almeida was appointed her canonisation process postulator.

References

  1. Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Quito (Ecuador), Antonio José González Zumárraga (1997). Boletin Eclesiastico (Ecuador) (in Spanish). Princeton Theological Seminary Library. Quito: Organo Informativo Arquidiocesis De Quito. p. 436.

Further reading

The most detailed English-language biography currently available is The Admirable Life of Mother Mariana by Fr. Manuel Sousa Pereira, translated by Marian T. Horvat, Tradition in Action, 2005, 2 vols.

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