Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (English)

Country: Ecuador

Address: Apartado 17-01-1081, Avenida América 1805 y La Gasca, Quito, Ecuador

Phone: (02)223.82.21; 222.31.38/9

Websites:

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Present Officials

President (2020.11.11 – ...):

Cardinal Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (70)

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Vice-President (2020.11.11 – ...):

Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B. (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)

General Secretary (2020.11.11 – ...):

Bishop David Israel de la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC. (53)

Titular Bishop of Bagai

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Past Officials

President: Bishop Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C.J. (81) (2017.04.28 – 2020.11.11)
President: Archbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (85) (2014.05.08 – 2017.04.28)
President: Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, Opus Dei (2011 – 2014.05.08)
President: Bishop Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia (92) (2005.07 – 2008.04)
President: Archbishop Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (2002 – 2005)
President: Archbishop José Mario Ruiz Navas (1993 – 2002)
President: Archbishop Antonio José González Zumárraga (later Cardinal) (1987 – 1993)
President: Archbishop Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (later Cardinal) (1984 – 1987)
President: Cardinal Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. (1975 – 1984)
President: Archbishop Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (later Cardinal) (1973 – 1975)
President: Cardinal Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. (1969 – 1973)
President: Archbishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral (1968 – 1969)
President: Cardinal Carlos María Javier de la Torre (1958 – 1967)
Vice-President: Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (70) (later Cardinal) (2017.04.28 – 2020.11.11)
Vice-President: Archbishop Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo (58) (2014.05.08 – 2017.04.28)
Vice-President: Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (70) (later Cardinal) (2011 – 2014)
Vice-President: Bishop Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C.J. (81) (2005 – 2008)
General Secretary: Bishop Segundo René Coba Galarza (68) (2014.05.08 – 2019.12.12)
General Secretary: Bishop Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza (79) (2008 – 2014)
General Secretary: Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. (82) (2005 – 2008)
General Secretary: Fr. Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (later Cardinal) (1970 – 1972)

Last updated on 2026.04.11