Ceferino Quintana (August 12, 1894 – March 20, 1977) was an American politician and law enforcement officer who served as lieutenant governor of New Mexico from 1941 through 1943.

Marshal, and served as the sheriff of San Miguel County, New Mexico, from 1936 through 1940.

[1] Quintana ran for lieutenant governor of New Mexico in the 1940 election, and won,[3] taking office in 1941.

[5] In 1942, he decided to run for sheriff of San Miguel County,[6] but lost the election.

[8] Quintana died at the Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center on March 20, 1977.