| Type: | Cardinal |
| Honorific Prefix: | His Eminence |
| Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz | |
| Honorific Suffix: | OFM |
| Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil | |
| Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese: | Guayaquil |
| See: | Guayaquil |
| Appointed: | 10 April 1969 |
| Term End: | 7 December 1989 |
| Predecessor: | Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral |
| Successor: | Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín |
| Other Post: | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo (1994-2000) |
| Ordination: | 4 July 1937 |
| Ordained By: | Carlos María de la Torre |
| Consecration: | 4 December 1949 |
| Consecrated By: | Efrem Forni |
| Cardinal: | 26 November 1994 |
| Created Cardinal By: | Pope John Paul II |
| Rank: | Cardinal-Priest |
| Birth Name: | Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz |
| Birth Date: | 12 November 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador |
| Death Place: | Quito, Ecuador |
| Buried: | San Francisco church, Quito |
| Parents: | Carlos Echeverría Solórzano Carmen Ruiz Solórzano |
| Motto: | Pax et Bonum |
| Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Bernardino Echeverria Ruiz.svg |
Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (born 12 November 1912 in Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador and died on 6 April 2000 in Quito Ecuador) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal.
He joined the Franciscan order in 1928, and was ordained in 1937. He attended the Pontifical University in Rome and obtained a B.A. degree in philosophy in 1941. Upon graduation he returned to Ecuador and performed many duties for the Franciscan order, started a religious magazine and established houses to care for the poor.
He was appointed Bishop of Ambato in 1949, installed as Archbishop of Guayaquil in 1969 and retired in 1989.[1]
He was a member of the International Academy of Franciscan History and was made a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1994.
He was a member of the Marian Movement of Priests and provided his imprimatur for Father Stefano Gobbi's book: To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons.