| Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
| José María Carpenter Aponte | |
| Auxiliary Bishop of Lima Titular Bishop of Lorea | |
| Appointed: | 4 June 1891 |
| Ordination: | 11 July 1869 |
| Consecration: | 8 October 1891 |
| Consecrated By: | Archbishop José Macchi Co: Bishop Manuel Santiago Medina y Bañon Bishop Ismaele Puirredón |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1830 |
| Birth Place: | Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru |
| Death Date: | 3 June 1905 |
| Death Place: | Lima, Peru |
José María Carpenter Aponte (4 May 1830 – 3 June 1905) was a Peruvian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru from 1891 until his death in 1905.
Carpenter Aponte was born on 4 May 1830 in Arequipa, Peru.[1] He was ordained a deacon on 4 July 1869, and was ordained a priest on 11 July 1869.
On 4 June 1891 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lima and Titular Bishop of Lorea. He was consecrated a bishop on 8 October 1891. He was the principal consecrator of Bishop Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique in 1897, and co-cosecrator of Bishops Fidel Olivas Escudero, Ezechiel Francisco Soto, and Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, in 1900, 1901, and 1904, respectively.
He died on 3 June 1905, at the age of 75.