Luis Alberto Luna Tobar O.C.D., (December 15, 1923 – February 7, 2017) was an

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: ' ...

ian

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of the

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. Was born in

Quito, Ecuador Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley on ...

, and was ordained a priest on June 23, 1946, from the

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religious order of the

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. Was appointed auxiliary archbishop of

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 in 1849 by Pope Pius ...

as well as titular bishop of Mulli on August 17, 1977, and was ordained bishop on September 18, 1977, by Cardinal

Pablo Muñoz Vega Pablo Muñoz Vega (23 May 1903 – 3 June 1994) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal and professed member from the Jesuits who served as the Archbishop of Quito from 1967 until his resignation in 1985. His cause of canoni ...

. Was appointed archbishop of

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of Cuenca on May 7, 1981, and served until his retirement on February 15, 2000. He died on February 7, 2017.

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1923 births 2017 deaths People from Quito 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ecuador Discalced Carmelite bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Quito {{RC-archbishop-stub