Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (born 12 November 1912 in Cotacachi, Imbabura,

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: ' ...

and died on 6 April 2000 in

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) was a

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Cardinal.

Biography

He joined the

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in 1928, and was ordained in 1937. He attended the

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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. He was a member of the International Academy of Franciscan History and was made a Cardinal by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

in 1994. He was a member of the

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and provided his ''

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'' for Father Stefano Gobbi's book: ''To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons.''

References

External links

Biography at Catholic Pages
{{DEFAULTSORT:Echeverria Ruiz, Bernardino 1912 births 2000 deaths People from Cotacachi (city) Participants in the Second Vatican Council 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ecuador Ecuadorian cardinals Ecuadorian Friars Minor Franciscan cardinals Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II Roman Catholic bishops of Ambato Roman Catholic archbishops of Guayaquil