Antonio Arregui Yarza
His Excellency Antonio Arregui Yarza | |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil | |
.jpg) Arregui in 2015 | |
| Archdiocese | Guayaquil |
| Appointed | May 7, 2003 |
| Term ended | September 24, 2015 |
| Predecessor | Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín |
| Successor | Luis Cabrera Herrera |
| Other post | Apostolic Administrator of Tulcán (2001–2002) |
| Previous posts | Auxiliary Bishop of Quito and Titular Bishop of Auzegera (1990–1995) Bishop of Ibarra (1995–2003) |
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| Ordination | March 13, 1964 |
| Consecration | February 22, 1990 by Antonio José González Zumárraga, Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín and José Mario Ruiz Navas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 3, 1939 Oñati, Spain |
| Died | February 5, 2026 (aged 86) Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Motto | Ipsa Duce |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Antonio Arregui Yarza (June 3, 1939 – February 5, 2026) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate who was the Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
Biography
Arregui was born in Oñate on June 3, 1939. He was an alumnus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum in Rome, where he earned a doctorate in canon Law.
He was Auxiliary Bishop of Quito and Titular Bishop of Auzegera from January 4, 1990, to July 25, 1995.
Arregui served as the Bishop of Ibarra from July 25, 1995, to May 7, 2003.
He was appointed Archbishop of Guayaquil on May 7, 2003, replacing Archbishop Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín. Arregui retired on September 24, 2015.[1]
As of September 2012, he was the President of the Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana (the Roman Catholic Conference of Bishops of Ecuador).
On September 18, 2012, he was named by Pope Benedict XVI as one of the papally-appointed Synod Fathers for the upcoming October 2012 Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ↑ https://archive.today/20121224224933/http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/29687.php?index=29687&po_date=18.09.2012&lang=en
- ↑ "Fallece Antonio Arregui, arzobispo emérito de Guayaquil a los 86 años". Expreso. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ↑ Lutti nell’episcopato (in Italian)
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