Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus

Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus S.D.B. (born 22 April 1958) is an Ecuadorian prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Archbishop of Quito on 5 April 2019.

Biography Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus was born on 22 April 1958 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He was ordained a priest on 17 December 1988. He earned a licentiate in education sciences from the Pontifical University of Ecuador.

Between 1983 and 2013, Espinoza held a series of positions in Salesian educational institutions as administrator, vice-rector and rector, and within the Salesian order, including financial director of the Salesians of Ecuador from 2009 to 2013. He was a member of the board of directors and the economic council of the Politecnica Salesiana University and, from 2011 to 2013, head of the order's oversight board and a member of its committee for vocations.

Pope Francis named him Bishop of Loja on 20 December 2013,

Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Quito of 5 April 2019. He was installed there on 2 May.