Antonio José González Zumárraga Cleric

Antonio José González Zumárraga (March 18, 1925 – October 13, 2008) 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 (with the titular diocese of Tagarata) 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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Antonio José González Zumárraga
Birth dateMarch 18, 1925
Birth place
Ecuador , Pujilí
Date of deathOctober 13, 2008
Place of death
Ecuador , Sangolquí

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