Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus

Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus was born on 22 April 1958 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.^[1] He took his first vows as a Salesian on 24 January 1979 and his final vows on 16 August 1984.^[2] He was ordained a priest on 17 December 1988. He earned a licentiate in education sciences from the Pontifical University of Ecuador.^[1]

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.^[3]

Pope Francis named him Bishop of Loja on 20 December 2013,^[1] and he received his episcopal consecration from Archbishop Giacomo Guido Ottonello on 18 January 2014.^[4]

Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Quito of 5 April 2019.^[5] He was installed there on 2 May.^[6]

Additional sources

• "Tolerancia cero con abusos sexuales en Iglesia, dice nuevo primado de Ecuador". El Comercio (in Spanish). 29 April 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

• Archdiocese of Quito