About Antonio José González Zumárraga
Lived 1925 – 2008 (aged 83). Antonio José González Zumárraga was an Ecuadorian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Antonio José González Zumárraga (March 18, 1925 – October 13, 2008) was an Ecuadorian Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
González Zumárraga was born in Pujili, Ecuador. He was ordained priest on July 29, 1951, following studies at the San José seminary in Quito and the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain, where he obtained a doctorate in canon law.
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, SJ, Archbishop of Quito.
He was made Bishop of Machala on June 30, 1978, and then Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito 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 Pope John Paul II.
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Catholic cardinal (1925–2008)
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Antonio José González Zumárraga was born on 18 March 1925 in Ecuador.
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Antonio José González Zumárraga died on 13 October 2008 in Quito.
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Antonio José González Zumárraga was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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