César Antonio Mosquera Corral
César Antonio Mosquera Corral (born April 22, 1896 in Riobamba , Ecuador ; † April 26, 1971 in Cuenca ) was first bishop , later first archbishop of Guayaquil .
Life
Mosquera Corral received the sacrament of ordination on January 1, 1921 . He was then parish priest and chaplain in Guaranda and San Luis. In 1933 he became Vicar General of the Diocese of Bolívar .
Pope Pius XI appointed him on September 18, 1936 Bishop of Ibarra . Carlos María de la Torre , Archbishop of Quito , gave him episcopal ordination on January 24, 1937 . Co- consecrators were Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo , Bishop of Bolívar, and Daniel Hermida Ortega , Bishop of Cuenca . Pope Pius XII appointed him on October 11, 1954 Bishop of Guayaquil. When he raised the diocese of Guayaquil to an archbishopric on January 22, 1956, Mosquera became its first archbishop. In 1962 he founded the Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil . From 1962 to 1965 he took part in the Second Vatican Council . Pope Paul VI accepted on March 11, 1969 his resignation submitted for health reasons and appointed him titular archbishop of Forum Novum . Mosquera Corral resigned this title on December 27, 1970 and died four months later, a few days after his 75th birthday.
Web links
- Entry on César Antonio Mosquera Corral on catholic-hierarchy.org
- César Antonio Mosquera Corral in Enciclopedia del Ecuador
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| José Félix Heredia |
(Arch) Bishop of Guayaquil 1954–1969 |
Bernardino Cardinal Echeverría Ruiz OFM |
| Alessandro Pasquel |
Bishop of Ibarra 1936–1954 |
Silvio Luís Haro Alvear |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mosquera Corral, César Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first Archbishop of Guayaquil |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riobamba |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1971 |
| Place of death | Cuenca (Ecuador) |