David Israel De la Torre Altamirano

Authorities from the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference held a press conference to announce the latest details for Pope Francis' visit to the Ecuadorian cities of Quito and Guayaquil on July 6. Pictured here is Monsignor David de la Torre, spokesperson for the Episcopal Conference. David Israel de la Torre Altamirano SS.CC (Born November 8, 1972) is an Ecuadorian Catholic ecclesiastic, professor, philosopher and theologian, auxiliary bishop of Quito and general secretary of the CEE (Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana).

Biography David Israel was born on November 8, 1972, in the Ecuadorian city of Quito.

He completed his primary education at the Escuela Particular Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes, and his secondary education at the Colegio Fiscal Juan Pío Montufar.

He studied Philosophy (1990-1993) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE).

Religious life In 1990, he entered the postulancy of the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts, in Quito. In 1994, he was admitted to the novitiate of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, in Chile.

On March 27, 1995, he made his temporary religious profession. He made his solemn profession on March 27, 1999, both in Quito. He was ordained a priest on August 3, 2001, at the Sacred Hearts Church in San Carlos, Quito, by Cardinal-Archbishop Antonio González Zumárraga.