Antonio José González Zumárraga (March 18, 1925 – October 13, 2008) was an Ecuadorian

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of the

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. González Zumárraga was born in Pujili,

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 ...

. He was ordained priest on July 29, 1951, following studies at the San José seminary in

Quito 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 o ...

and the

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, where he obtained a doctorate in

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. He was made auxiliary bishop of Quito on May 17, 1969 (with the titular diocese of Tagarata) and was consecrated as bishop in Quito on June 15, 1969, 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 ...

, SJ, Archbishop of Quito. He was made Bishop of Machala on June 30, 1978, and then

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on June 28, 1980. He succeeded to full governance of the Archdiocese on June 1, 1985. He was created as a Cardinal Priest (Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Via) in 2001 by

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Antonio José González Zumárraga
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez Zumarraga, Antonio Jose 1925 births 2008 deaths People from Pujilí Ecuadorian cardinals Pontifical University of Salamanca alumni Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II Roman Catholic bishops of Machala Roman Catholic bishops of Quito Roman Catholic archbishops of Quito