Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa

Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa Llaguno (born December 4, 1775 in Guayaquil , Ecuador , † December 3, 1859 in Quito ) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic clergyman. He was the first bishop of Guayaquil and from 1851 Archbishop of Quito .

Life

Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa, son of a Spanish immigrant and an Ecuadorian, studied in his hometown and received a doctorate in theology in 1798. He was ordained a priest on March 15, 1799 and initially worked as a theology professor. During this time he also witnessed the declaration of independence of the city of Guayaquil on October 9, 1820, which initiated the independence process in Ecuador. In 1835 Garaycoa became parish priest of San Alejo .

Pope Gregory XVI appointed him on February 15, 1838 first bishop of the newly established diocese of Guayaquil after the Ecuadorian National Congress had previously elected him to this post. He was ordained episcopal on October 14th of the same year by Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto , Bishop of Quito. Garaycoa gained great recognition during a yellow fever epidemic. Contemporary historians referred to him as the "angel of love" because of his work.

In 1849 the National Congress elected him the new Archbishop of Quito. The confirmation by Pope Pius IX. did not take place until September 5, 1851. Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa died in December 1859.

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↑ Catholic-hierarchy calls December 2nd

predecessor	Office	successor
Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto	Archbishop of Quito 1851-1859	José María Riofrío y Valdivieso
---	Bishop of Guayaquil 1838-1851	Tomás Aguirre

personal data
SURNAME	Garaycoa, Francisco Xavier de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Garaycoa Llaguno, Francisco Xavier de; Garaicoa Llaguno, Francisco Javier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ecuadorian clergyman, Archbishop of Quito
DATE OF BIRTH	4th December 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH	Guayaquil
DATE OF DEATH	December 3, 1859
Place of death	Quito

[1] Catholic-hierarchy calls December 2nd