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Latest revision as of 18:56, 19 November 2025
Ecuadorian prelate (born 1958)
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]
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