Fausto Trávez Trávez

His Excellency
Fausto Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Quito
Province Quito
Diocese Archdiocese of Quito
See Cathedral of Quito
Installed 11 September 2010
Predecessor Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga
Successor Incumbent
Other posts Primate of Ecuador
Orders
Ordination 12 December 1970
Consecration 15 March 2003
Personal details
Birth name Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez
Born 18 March 1941
Toacazo, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Nationality Ecuadorian
Denomination Roman Catholic
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Styles of
Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop
Posthumous style not applicable

Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (born 18 March 1941) is the current archbishop of Quito and therefore, primate of Ecuador since his installation on 22 October 2010. He had previously served as bishop of Babahoyo.

Trávez Trávez was born in Toacazo, diocese of Latacunga. He studied in both Ecuador and Colombia at the Saint Buenaventura University, Bogotá where he completed his studies in philosophy. He made his solemn profession on 15 October 1965 and was ordained to the priesthood on 12 December 1970.

He founded the "Movement Juvenil Francisco" in Quito in 1969 was a member of Provincial Definitory, Master student of the Franciscan superior, priest, founder in 1982 of "Misioneras Franciscanas de la Juventud", Provincial Minister, President of "Unión de conferencias Latinoamericanas Franciscanas" and "Conferencia Franciscan Bolivarian".

He was appointed Titular Bishop of Sulletto and Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador by Pope John Paul II on 14 January 2003 and consecrated on 15 March. He served as vicar apostolic until the 27 March 2008 when he was appointed bishop of Babahoyo. He was appointed archbishop of Quito and primate of Ecuador [1] by Pope Benedict XVI on 11 September 2010.[2] He received the pallium from Pope Benedict on 29 June 2011 in Rome.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso		 Bishop of Babahoyo
27 March 2008 – 22 October 2010 		Succeeded by
Marco Pérez Caicedo
Preceded by
Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga		 Archbishop of Quito
22 October – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ "New Archbishop of Quito". Order of Friars Minor. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Rinuncia dell'arcivescovo metropolito di Quito (Ecuador) e nomina del successore" (in Italian). Press Office of the Holy See. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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