Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jun 1939		Born
13 Mar 1964	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Opus Dei
4 Jan 1990	50.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
4 Jan 1990	50.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Auzegera
22 Feb 1990	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Auzegera
25 Jul 1995	56.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador
19 Apr 2001	61.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Tulcán, Ecuador
27 Jul 2002	63.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Tulcán, Ecuador
7 May 2003	63.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
24 Sep 2015	76.3	Retired	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
5 Feb 2026	86.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

MicroData Summary
Antonio Arregui Yarza
Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza
(born 3 Jun 1939, died 5 Feb 2026)
Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil

Ad Limina - October 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Oñata, Diocese of Vitoria, Spain
Ordained Bishop San Pedro, Cathedral, Quito, Archdiocese of Quito
Death Place Guayaquil, Archdiocese of Guayaquil

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 35.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio José González Zumárraga †
Archbishop of Quito
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín †
Archbishop of Guayaquil
Bishop José Mario Ruiz Navas †
Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio José González Zumárraga † (1969)
Archbishop of Quito
Pablo Cardinal Muñoz Vega, S.J. † (1964)
Archbishop of Quito
Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri † (1941)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D. (2006)
Archbishop Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo (2006)
Bishop Valter Dario Maggi (2008)
Bishop Guido Iván Minda Chalá (2009)
Bishop Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler (2013)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Piccioli (2014)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda † (1991)
Bishop Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello † (1994)
Bishop Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M. (1996)
Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. (2002)
Bishop Julio Parrilla Díaz (2008)
Bishop Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M. (2009)
Luis Gerardo Cardinal Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (2009)
Archbishop Eduardo José Castillo Pino (2012)
Bishop John Kwamevi Cudjoe, S.V.D. (2025)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 31241288
WikiData: Q599653

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121, Number 10,856
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 122, Number 10,960
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 24 Sep 2015
d: CB, 5 Feb 2026

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