Antonio González Zumárraga
Antonio José Cardinal González Zumárraga (born March 18, 1925 in Pujilí , Cotopaxi Province , Ecuador ; † October 13, 2008 in Sangolquí near Quito , Ecuador) was Archbishop of Quito .
Life
Antonio José González Zumárraga received his theological and philosophical training in Quito and Salamanca . He received his doctorate at the University of Salamanca to the doctor of canon law and received on 19 June 1951, the sacrament of Holy Orders . From 1951 to 1964 he worked as a parish priest, secretary of the Metropolitan Curia of Quito and lecturer at the Catholic University of Ecuador . From 1964 to 1969 he was Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Quito and Rector of a college.
On May 17, 1969, Pope Paul VI appointed him . as titular bishop of Tagarata and auxiliary bishop in Quito. He was ordained bishop on June 15 of the same year in the Cathedral of Quito by Cardinal Pablo Muñoz Vega , Archbishop of Quito, co-consecrators were Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad , Archbishop of Cuenca , and Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz OFM, Archbishop of Guayaquil . His motto was Spiritus unitate unitas caritate (“The spirit of unity is the unity in love”). From 1976 to 1978 he was Apostolic Administrator , from 1978 Bishop of Machala .
Pope John Paul II appointed González Zumárraga as coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of Quito in 1980 . On June 1, 1985, he succeeded Pablo Cardinal Muñoz Vega as Archbishop of Quito. On November 11, 1995, he was appointed Primate of Ecuador. Pope John Paul II accepted Antonio José González Zumárraga into the College of Cardinals as a cardinal priest with the Roman titular church of Santa Maria in Via as part of the consistory of February 21, 2001 . Antonio José Cardinal González Zumárraga resigned the leadership of the Archdiocese of Quito on March 21, 2003 for reasons of age. At the conclave in 2005 , he did not participate because he had exceeded the age limit of 80 years a few weeks earlier. He last suffered from stomach cancer and died in 2008 of the consequences of the disease. Cardinal González Zumárraga was buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of Quito.
Antonio González Zumárraga was for two periods from 1987 to 1993 chairman of the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference, later its honorary president. From 1989 to 2004 he worked as an advisor in the Pontifical Commission for Latin America .
Web links
- González Zumárraga, Antonio José. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 24, 2016.
- Entry on Antonio José González Zumárraga on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 24, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán |
Bishop of Machala 1978–1980 |
Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia |
| Pablo Cardinal Muñoz Vega SJ |
Archbishop of Quito 1985-2003 |
Raúl Eduardo Cardinal Vela Chiriboga |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | González Zumárraga, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | González Zumárraga, Antonio José |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ecuadorian clergyman, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pujilí , Cotopaxi Province , Ecuador |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 2008 |
| Place of death | Sangolquí , Ecuador |