Alfredo Espinoza Mateus

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Coat of arms of Alfredo Espinoza Mateus
Coat of arms of Alfredo Espinoza Mateus as Bishop of Loja

Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus SDB (born April 22, 1958 in Guayaquil ) is an Ecuadorian religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quito .

Life

Alfredo Espinoza Mateus joined the order of the Salesians of Don Bosco and was ordained a priest on December 17, 1988 . He then worked as the administrator of several Salesian schools in Guayaquil, Riobamba and Manta . In 2008 he was the delegate of the Ecuadorian Salesians for their 26th General Assembly.

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Loja on December 20, 2013 . The Apostolic Nuncio in Ecuador, Archbishop Giacomo Guido Ottonello , donated him episcopal ordination on January 18 of the following year . Co- consecrators were the former bishop of Machala , Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos SDB, and the bishop of Riobamba , Julio Parrilla Díaz .

Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Quito on April 5, 2019. The inauguration took place on May 2 of the same year.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nomina dell Vescovo di Loja (Ecuador). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 20, 2013, accessed April 5, 2019 (Italian).
  2. ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Quito (Ecuador) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 5, 2019, accessed April 5, 2019 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez OFM Archbishop of Quito
since 2019 		---
Julio Parrilla Díaz Bishop of Loja
2013–2019 		Walter Jehowá Heras Segarra OFM
personal data
SURNAME Espinoza Mateus, Alfredo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Espinoza Mateus, Alfredo José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ecuadorian religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quito
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Guayaquil