Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz

His Eminence

Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz

OFM
Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseGuayaquil
SeeGuayaquil
Appointed10 April 1969
Term ended7 December 1989
PredecessorCesar Antonio Mosquera Corral
SuccessorJuan Ignacio Larrea Holguín
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo (1994-2000)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination4 July 1937
by Carlos María de la Torre
Consecration4 December 1949
by Efrem Forni
Created cardinal26 November 1994
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz

12 November 1912
Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador
Died6 April 2000(2000-04-06) (aged 87)
Quito, Ecuador
BuriedSan Francisco church, Quito
ParentsCarlos Echeverría Solórzano
Carmen Ruiz Solórzano
MottoPax et Bonum
Coat of armsBernardino Echeverría Ruiz's coat of arms

Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz OFM (born 12 November 1912 in Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador and died on 6 April 2000 in Quito Ecuador) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal.

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 appointed Bishop of Ambato in 1949, installed as Archbishop of Guayaquil in 1969 and retired in 1989.[1]

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.

References

  1. ^ "Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Cardinal Echeverría Ruiz [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-06-22.