Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Oswaldo Vintimilla Cabrera | |
Bishop of Azogues | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed: | August 20, 2016 |
Predecessor: | Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello |
Ordination: | November 17, 1990 |
Consecrated By: | Pope Francis Giacomo Guido Ottonello |
Birth Name: | Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera |
Birth Date: | 1966 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Cuenca, Ecuador |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Oswaldo Vintimilla.svg |
Motto: | Adveniat regnum tuum |
Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera (Cuenca, Azuay Province, August 2, 1966),[1] is an Ecuadorian priest, who serves as the Bishop of Azogues.[2]
Cabrera was born in the city of Cuenca, Province of Azuay, in 1966 to parents of Azoguean descent.
He completed his primary studies at the Escuela Particular Arzobispo Serrano, and his secondary studies at the Colegio Universitario Miguel Cordero Crespo.
He took degrees in Philosophy and Theology at the Seminario Mayor San León Magno-Cuenca.
He was ordained a priest on November 17, 1990, by the former Archbishop of Cuenca, Luis Alberto Luna Tobar.
The positions held by the current bishop were the following:
On 20 August 2016, he was ordained the fifth Bishop of Azogues in Cañar Province by the Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador, Mons. Giacomo Guido Ottonello,[4] following his appointment to the same position on 25 June 2016.[5]
Alongside the process of him carrying out the modernization of the Cathedral of Azogues,[6] he is also the composer of the famous song Niño Manuelito and at the same time, the promoter of the festival that takes place on the second Sunday of January of each year.[7]