Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz

OrdersOrdination4 July 1937
by Carlos María de la TorreConsecration4 December 1949
by Efrem ForniCreated cardinal26 November 1994
by Pope John Paul IIRankCardinal-PriestPersonal detailsBorn
12 November 1912
Died6 April 2000(2000-04-06) (aged 87)
Quito, EcuadorBuriedSan Francisco church, QuitoParentsCarlos Echeverría Solórzano
Carmen Ruiz SolórzanoMottoPax et BonumCoat of arms

Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz OFM (born 12 November 1912 in Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador and died on 6 April 2000 in Quito Ecuador) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal.

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, installed as Archbishop of Guayaquil in 1969 and retired in 1989.^[1]

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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