Antonio José González Zumárraga
Male, Deceased Person
1925 – 2008
Who was Antonio José González Zumárraga?
Antonio José González Zumárraga was an Ecuadorian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
González Zumárraga was born in Pujili, Ecuador. He was ordained 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 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.
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- Born
- Mar 18, 1925
Pujilí - Also known as
- Antonio Jose Gonzalez Zumarraga
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Died
- Oct 13, 2008
Sangolquí
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on July 23, 2013
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