inquire about people who were rounded up in a wave of arrests as part of Pinochet's coup against the sitting President Salvador Allende. There was also one occasion where bombs were placed in his office in a failed attempt to intimidate him into silence. He later became involved with the Episcopal Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean. He died on 29 April 1982 and his remains were interred in the Marian shrine Nuestra Señora de Lourdes in Quinta Normal until their transferral on 13 April 2008 to the San Luis Beltrán church. Pope Francis - during his trip to Chile in 2018 - made an unscheduled visit to the late bishop's tomb for some brief moments of reflection. Beatification process The beatification process was initiated in the Santiago archdiocese; initial steps towards opening the cause came on 16 December 2011 when the then-Archbishop (now cardinal) Ricardo Ezzati Andrello named the Enrique Alvear Urrutia Foundation as the official actor for promoting the cause. Ezzati later inaugurated the diocesan phase for the cause on 9 March 2012 and closed it later on 3 December 2014; during 2013 the Congregation for the Causes of Saints declared "nihil obstat" (no objections) to the cause. The current postulator for the cause is the Jesuit priest Pascual Cebollada Silvestre. Notes and references External links Hagiography Circle Catholic Hierarchy Official website 1916 births 1982 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Chile 20th-century venerated Christians Auxiliary bishops Bishops appointed by Pope John XXIII Chilean people of Basque descent Participants in the Second Vatican Council People from Cauquenes Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni 20th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops Chilean Servants of God Roman Catholic bishops of San Felipe, Chile Roman Catholic bishops of Talca