Jorge María Hourton Poisson (May 27, 1926 – December 5, 2011) was the

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

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of Materiana and, in 1992–2001, the

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of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco,

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. Born in France, he acquired Chilean nationality and studied at the Seminary of

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and the Theology school of the

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. Being ordained to the priesthood in 1949, Hourton Poisson became a bishop in 1969 retiring in 2001.Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson
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French emigrants to Chile Naturalized citizens of Chile 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Chile 1926 births 2011 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Temuco Roman Catholic bishops of Puerto Montt {{chile-RC-bishop-stub