José Mario Ruiz Navas Explained

José Mario Ruiz Navas (20 July 1930  - 10 December 2020) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic archbishop.

Ruiz Navas was born in Ecuador and was ordained to the priesthood in 1954.

He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Latacunga, Ecuador, from 1968 to 1989 and then as bishop and then archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portoviejo, Ecuador, from 1989 to 2007.[1]

Navas died from COVID-19 in 2020.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/port0.htm Archdiocese of Portoviejo
  2. Web site: Monseñor José Mario Ruiz Navas fallece a causa de Covid-19 . 10 December 2020 .