| Type: | Archbishop |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
| Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus | |
| Honorific Suffix: | S.D.B. |
| Archbishop of Quito | |
| Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese: | Quito |
| See: | Quito |
| Appointed: | 5 April 2019 |
| Term Start: | 2 May 2019 |
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| Predecessor: | Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez |
| Ordination: | 17 December 1988 |
| Ordained By: | Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly |
| Consecration: | 18 January 2014 |
| Consecrated By: | Giacomo Guido Ottonello |
| Birth Name: | Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus |
| Birth Date: | 1958 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
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| Partner: | --> |
| Previous Post: | Bishop of Loja (2014-19) |
| Alma Mater: | Pontifical University of Ecuador |
| Motto: | Faciam vos piscatores hominum |
| Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Alfredo Espinoza Mateus (archbishop).svg |
Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus S.D.B. (born 22 April 1958) is an Ecuadorean prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Archbishop of Quito on 5 April 2019.
Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus was born on 22 April 1958 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He took his first vows as a Salesian on 24 January 1979 and his final vows on 16 August 1984.[1] He was ordained a priest on 17 December 1988. He earned a licentiate in education sciences from the Pontifical University of Ecuador.[2]
Between 1983 and 2013, Espinoza held a series of positions in Salesian educational institutions as administrator, vice-rector and rector, and within the Salesian order, including financial director of the Salesians of Ecuador from 2009 to 2013. He was a member of the board of directors and the economic council of the Politecnica Salesiana University and, from 2011 to 2013, head of the order's oversight board and a member of its committee for vocations.[3]
Pope Francis named him Bishop of Loja on 20 December 2013,[2] and he received his episcopal consecration from Archbishop Giacomo Guido Ottonello on 18 January 2014.[4]
Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Quito of 5 April 2019.[5] He was installed there on 2 May.[6]