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Ecuador

Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
29 Jun 1951 Bishop Raúl Holguer López MayorgaBishop Emeritus of Latacunga
21 Jul 1957 Bishop Néstor Rafael Herrera HerediaBishop Emeritus of Machala
15 Jul 1960 Bishop Victor Alejandro Corral MantillaBishop Emeritus of Riobamba
18 Mar 1961 Archbishop Francesco CanaliniApostolic Nuncio
29 Jun 1962 Bishop Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez
11 Aug 1962 Bishop Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Galápagos
13 Mar 1964 Archbishop Antonio Arregui YarzaArchbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil
3 Apr 1965 Bishop Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico
2 Jul 1965 Bishop José Victoriano Naranjo TovarBishop Emeritus of Latacunga
12 Dec 1970 Archbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.Archbishop Emeritus of Quito
29 Jun 1971 Archbishop Giacomo Guido OttonelloApostolic Nuncio
18 Dec 1972 Bishop Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C.I.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Esmeraldas
Most Junior
27 Jun 2007 Bishop Ángel Maximiliano Ordońez SigchoAuxiliary Bishop of Quito
23 Jun 2006 Bishop Fernando Ortega OrtegaAuxiliary Bishop of Cuenca
30 Jul 2005 Bishop John Kwamevi Cudjoe, S.V.D.Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil
15 Jun 2005 Father Rafael Ramón Ibarguren Schindler, E.P.Priest of Clerical Society of Virgo Flos Carmeli
26 Mar 2003 Bishop Carlos Washington Yépez NaranjoBishop of Tulcán
3 Aug 2001 Bishop David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC.Auxiliary Bishop of Quito
25 Mar 2000 Bishop Vicente Horacio Saeteros SierraBishop of Machala
11 Sep 1998 Bishop Jaime Oswaldo Castillo VillacrésVicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador
27 Jun 1998 Bishop Guido Iván Minda ChaláBishop of Santa Elena
16 May 1997 Bishop José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap.Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico
29 Jun 1996 Bishop Skiper Bladimir Yáńez CalvachiBishop of Babahoyo
20 Jun 1996 Bishop Áureo Patricio Bonilla Bonilla, O.F.M.Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos

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