José Mario Ruiz Navas (20 July 1930 – 10 December 2020) was an Ecuadorian

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archbishop. Ruiz Navas was born in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

and was ordained to the priesthood in 1954. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Latacunga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Latacunga ( la, Dioecesis Latacungensis) is a diocese located in the city of Latacunga in the Ecclesiastical province of Quito in Ecuador. Bishops Ordinaries *Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. (5 Dec 1963 – 3 Dec 1968) *Jo ...

, Ecuador, from 1968 to 1989 and then as bishop and then archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portoviejo The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo ( la, Archidioecesis Portus Veteris) is an archdiocese located in the city of Portoviejo in Ecuador. Special churches *Minor Basilicas: **Basílica de Santísima Virgen de Monserrat in ...

, Ecuador, from 1989 to 2007. Navas died from COVID-19 in 2020.

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