Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus | |
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Archbishop of Quito | |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Quito |
See | Quito |
Appointed | 5 April 2019 |
Installed | 2 May 2019 |
Predecessor | Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez |
Orders | |
Ordination | 17 December 1988 by Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly |
Consecration | 18 January 2014 by Giacomo Guido Ottonello |
Personal details | |
Born | Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus 22 April 1958 |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Loja (2014-19) |
Alma mater | Pontifical University of Ecuador |
Motto | Faciam vos piscatores hominum |
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Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus S.D.B. (born 22 April 1958) is an Ecuadorean prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Archbishop of Quito on 5 April 2019.
Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus was born on 22 April 1958 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. [1] He took his first vows as a Salesian on 24 January 1979 and his final vows on 16 August 1984. [2] He was ordained a priest on 17 December 1988. He earned a licentiate in education sciences from the Pontifical University of Ecuador. [1]
Between 1983 and 2013, Espinoza held a series of positions in Salesian educational institutions as administrator, vice-rector and rector, and within the Salesian order, including financial director of the Salesians of Ecuador from 2009 to 2013. He was a member of the board of directors and the economic council of the Politecnica Salesiana University and, from 2011 to 2013, head of the order's oversight board and a member of its committee for vocations. [3]
Pope Francis named him Bishop of Loja on 20 December 2013, [1] and he received his episcopal consecration from Archbishop Giacomo Guido Ottonello on 18 January 2014. [4]
Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Quito of 5 April 2019. [5] He was installed there on 2 May. [6]