Mariana De Jesús Torres
Mariana Francisca de Jesús Torres y Berriochoa OIC, (1563, Biscay – 16 January 1635, Quito), was an abbess of Conceptionist Monastery of Quito from 1593 to 1635.
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Mariana Francisca de Jesús Torres y Berriochoa | |
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| Born | 1563 Biscay |
| Residence | Quito |
| Died | 16 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. Mariana and four other sisters of the order had accompanied her on the trip from Spain to Ecuador. On 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 incorrupt 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
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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