Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello (13 March 1942 – 25 September 2015) was an

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ian Catholic bishop, who served as IV Bishop of Azogues, from 2004 until his death on September 25, 2015.

Biography

Early years and academic formation

Carlos Aníbal was born on March 13, 1942, in the Aloasí parish, Cantón Mejía, in the Province of Pichincha,

. He studied

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and

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at the Major Seminary of Quito. In 1981, he traveled to

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to complete his religious formation at the

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, where he obtained a Bachelor of Theology, with a specialization in Missiology.

Priesthood

He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1966. He exercised his pastoral ministry as parish priest in Pintaj and Calderón, of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito is the Catholic archdiocese in the capital city of Ecuador, Quito. It was established as the Diocese of Quito on 8 January 1545, before being elevated to archdiocese level on January 13, 1848 b ...

. Upon returning to his country after his studies, he was appointed parish priest of Cotocollao.

Episcopate

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito

On January 3, 1994, Pope

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named him 3rd Titular Bishop of Ambia and Auxiliary Bishop of Quito. He was consecrated on February 20 of the same year, at the hands of the then Archbishop of Quito,

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. His co-consecrators were the then Auxiliary Bishops of Quito,

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and

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. In the

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he collaborated in the Pastoral of Missions, Sanctuaries, Indigenous Pastoral and Workers. He was a member of the Liturgy Commission.

Bishop of Azogues

On February 14, 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed him 4th Bishop of Azogues. For 11 years that he served as Bishop of the city of Azogues, he carried out spiritual and material work, the most important being the construction of the San Carlos Borromeo Major Seminary, in the Javier Loyola parish of the city of Azogues.

Death

He died in the city of Quito, Ecuador on September 25, 2015, after he suffered multiple complications derived from the

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he suffered from.

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