Bishop Alfredo Espinosa, new Archbishop of Quito – La República EC



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The dad Francisco designated Most Rev. Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, current bishop of Loja, new Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Quitoas indicated by the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference. Bishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, will be archbishop emeritus of Quito, apostolic administrator of the archdiocese, until the inauguration of the new archbishop primate of Ecuador.

Monsignor Alfredo Espinoza Mateus, Salesian bishop, was born in Guayaquil on April 22, 1958. He finished his primary and secondary studies at the Salesian College "Cristóbal Colón" in his city. After two years of medical studies, he entered the Salesian congregation. He made his first religious profession on 24 January 1979 and his perpetual vows on 16 August 1984.

He studied philosophy and theology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE). He received priestly ordination on December 17, 1988. In 2014, he received a Masters of Science in Education from UPCE. "

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