In 1924 he presided over the separation of the church and the state, consecrated in the Constitution of 1925. He was the voice that gave serenity and long-term vision to the negotiations. Monsignor Errázuriz died in 1931 at the age of 91. Ecclesiastical life See also Maximiano Errázuriz History of Chile References External links Biography Catholic Hierarchy Article on his nomination as Archbishop Genealogical chart of Errázuriz family 1839 births 1931 deaths Crescente Errazuriz Chilean people of Basque descent 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Chile Participants in the First Vatican Council Roman Catholic bishops of Santiago de Chile