About Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz
Lived 1912 – 2000 (aged 87). Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz was an Ecuadorian theologian, catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (born 12 November 1912 in Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador and died on 6 April 2000 in Quito Ecuador) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal.
Biography He joined the Franciscan order in 1928, and was ordained in 1937. He attended the Pontifical University in Rome 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, then 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 in 1994.
He was a member of the Marian Movement of Priests and provided his imprimatur for Father Stefano Gobbi's book: To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons.
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Catholic cardinal (1912–2000)
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Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz was born on 12 November 1912 in Imbabura Province.
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Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz died on 6 April 2000 in Quito.
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Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz was a theologian, catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz was Ecuadorian.
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