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Rh the bishop. At the beginning of the civil war he was appointed chaplain of the 1st Tennessee regi- ment, and he so continued during the war. in ad- dition to his duties being frequently called upon to act as physi- cian and surgeon. At the close of the war he returned to his parish at Nashville. After the death of Bish- op Otey, Dr. Quin- tard was elected bishop of Tennes- see on 7 Sept., 1865. and was con- secrated in St. Luke's church, Philadelphia, on 11 Oct. following. He re-established the University of the south at Se- wanee, Tenn., and was its first vice-chancellor. He visited England several times in the interest of the university, and received large sums of money and gifts of books from members of the established church in that country. He had labored assiduously in the pro- motion of schemes for Christian education in his diocese, including Columbia institute, founded by Bishop Otey, Pairmount college, the School of the Sisters of St. Mary's, at Memphis, St. James hall, at Bolivar, and St. Luke's school at Cleveland. Bish- op Quintard received the degree of D. D. from Columbia in 1866, and that of LL. D. from Cam- bridge, England, in 1867. He is the author of oc- casional charges and sermons.

QUIROGA, Juan Farundo (ke-ro'-gah). Argen- tine soldier, b. in San Juan, in the province of Rioja, Argentine Republic, in 1790; d. in Barranca Yaco, near Cordova, 28 Dec., 1835. His parents were shepherds, and sent him in 1799 to school in San Juan, but he soon assaulted his teacher and fled, working as a laborer to gain a livelihood. He was sent in 1806 by his father with a cargo of merchan- dise to Chili ; but he lost it at the gaming-table, and when on his return he was reproached by his fa- ther, the youth assaulted him and fled to the pam- pas, where, with a few daring companions, he led the life of a robber. In 1818 he was captured and imprisoned in San Luis by order of the governor, Despuis. In the same prison there were several Spanish officers, and they concerted a plan for escape, removing the shackles from the crimi- nals to aid them, but Quiroga fell on his libera- tors and killed several of them. For this ser- vice he was set at liberty, and the fame of this exploit soon surrounded him with a numerous band of followers, with whom he began a career as a partisan chief. The province of Rioja had long been divided by the feud of the families of Ocampo and Davila, 'and in 1820 the government was in the hands of the former family, which at- tracted Quiroga by giving him the rank of general in command of the state forces ; but soon the lat- ter, who was to escort the remnants of a mutinous Federal battalion out of the state, made joint cause with them, attacked and captured the capital, and would have shot the governor but for the interven- tion of one of his chief officers. He now recalled the banished Davila ; but, as the latter would not submit to Quiroga's dictation, he was deposed, and, as he resisted with some loyal regiments, he was attacked and killed by (Quiroga, who proclaimed himself independent chief of the province. In 1826 the president, Bernardo Rivadavia (q. *'.), whose authority was impotent against the pro- vincial chieftains, invited Quiroga to co-operate in the war against Brazil, and the latter defeated La .Madrid at Tala, thus gaining supremacy also in the province of Tucurnan. After the election of Manuel Dorrego (q. r.) in 1827, Quiroga sustained with enthusiasm the Federal principle, represn nil by Dorrego, as leaving the provincial chieftains only nominally subject to the central government. When Dorrego's successor, Juan Lavalle, of the opposite party, sent Gen. Jose M. Paz (q. v.) against the Federal partisans, Quiroga was defeated at Ta- blada in 1829 and at Oncativa in 1830. He fled to Buenos Ayres. where he was ordered by Rosas, who meanwhile had assumed the power, to march against Paz and Madrid, and at the head of 200 criminals, whom he had taken from the peniten- tiary, and some troops, he defeated Paz at Chacon, . and Madrid at Ciudadela in 1831, ravaged the country, and committed numerous crimes. In 1834 he returned to Buenos Ayres, where he be- gan to talk against Rosas. The latter, not dar- ing to attack him openly, tried to get him out of the capital, and commissioned him to arrange a quarrel between the governors of Santiago and Tucuman. Quiroga accepted, and, setting out in November, 1835, soon restored order. On his re- turn he was advised that near Cordova a party of gaucho assassins was lying in wait for him ; but he answered that there was no man in the pampas who dared to kill him, and, continuing his journey, was murdered at Barranca Yaco by Santos Perez and his party. See Domingo F. Sar- miento's " Facundo Quiroga y Aldao, 6 Civiliza- cion y Barbarie en las Pampas Argentinas " (Bue- nos Ayres, 1852).

QUIROGA, Vasco de, Mexican R. C. bishop, b. in Madrigal, Old Castile, in 1470; d. in Uruapam, 14 March, 1565. He studied law and theology, and was one of the judges of the chancellor's court of Valladolid, when he was appointed by the queen regent in 1530 one of the judges of the second audiencia, which, under Sebastian Ramirez de Fuenleal. arrived in Mexico in the beginning of 1531. With the proceeds of his office he founded near the capital the hospital of Santa Fe, and by his just measures soon gathered a population of 30,000 Indians, whom he converted to Christianity, and taught to lead a civilized life. For that reason, when the newly conquered Chichimec Indians of the province of Michoacan became rebellious in 1533, he was sent there as visitor, and soon pacified the rebels by his prudent and just measures, remaining with them as their pastor and protector. The emperor nominated him first bishop of Michoacan, and he transferred the seat of the bishopric from Tzintzuntzan to Patzcuaro, where he founded a cathedral, the Seminary of San Nicolas, and another hospital of Santa Fe, like the one near Mexico. His exertions to gather the Indians in several large towns, and make each the centre of an industry, were very successful, and he was greatly beloved by his subjects. In 1547 he went to Spain on business, and was often called by the emperor and council of the Indies to give advice regarding colonial questions. After his return to Mexico he assisted in 1555 in the first provincial council, and fied on a pastoral visit in Uruapam. His body was buried in the cathedral of Patzcuaro. Besides several manuscripts on ecclesiastical affairs, he wrote " Doctrina para los Indies Chichimecos,' 1 in the Chichimec language (Mexico, 1568), and " Reglas y Ordenanzas para los Hospitales de Santa Fe