Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz
Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (born 12 November 1912 in Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador and died on 6 April 2000 in Quito Ecuador) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal.
Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz | |
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Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Guayaquil |
See | Guayaquil |
Appointed | 10 April 1969 |
Term ended | 7 December 1989 |
Predecessor | Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral |
Successor | Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín |
Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo (1994-2000) |
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Ordination | 4 July 1937 by Carlos María de la Torre |
Consecration | 4 December 1949 by Efrem Forni |
Created cardinal | 26 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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Birth name | Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz |
Born | 12 November 1912 Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador |
Died | 6 April 2000 87) Quito, Ecuador | (aged
Buried | San Francisco church, Quito |
Parents | Carlos Echeverría Solórzano Carmen Ruiz Solórzano |
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Motto | Pax et Bonum |
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Biography
He joined the Franciscan order in 1928, and was ordained in 1937. He attended the Pontifical University in Rome and obtained a B.A. degree in Philosophy in 1941. Upon graduation he returned to Ecuador and performed many duties for the Franciscan order, started a religious magazine and established houses to care for the poor.
He was a member of the International Academy of Franciscan History and was made a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1994.
He was a member of the Marian Movement of Priests and provided his imprimatur for Father Stefano Gobbi's book: To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons.