Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera Explained

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
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]

Life

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.

Priesthood

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:

• Parish priest in charge of Cumbe and La Victoria del Portete, Cuenca (1990)
• Vicar of the Vicar of Gualaceo (1990-1991)
• Parish priest of San Juan Bautista in Nabón, Cochapata, Las Nieves and the indigenous zone of Zhiña (1991-2001)
• Parish priest in San Felipe in Oña (1995)
• Parish priest of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Tarqui (2004-2013)
• Pastor of the Holy Spirit in Baños (2013)
• Chaplain of the annexed campuses of the Catholic University of Cuenca (from 1990 to date)
• Religious assistant of the Contemplative Monasteries of the Franciscan Conceptionist Nuns and the * * * Carmelite Nuns, Cuenca (from 1991 to date)
• Chaplain of Telecuenca (current TV Academy) (1994-1996)
• Delegate to the Presbytery Council in the Archdiocese of Cuenca (1993-1996)
• Coordinator of the Liturgy Commission in the Archdiocese of Cuenca (1998-2000)
• Archdiocesan Vicar for Indigenous Ministry (1999-2001)
• Founding Partner of the César Cordero Moscoso Educational Foundation for Development (2002)
• Delegate to the Presbytery Council of the Archdiocese of Cuenca (2007-2010)
• Member of the Pastoral Commission of the Traveler Child (2008)
• Coordinator of the Liturgy Commission in the Archdiocese of Cuenca (2012-2014)^[3]

Episcopate

Bishop of Azogues

On August 20, 2016, he was ordained the fifth Bishop of Azogues in Cañar Province by the Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador, Mons. Giacomo Guido Ottonello.^[4]

Works

Alongside the process of him carrying out the modernization of the Cathedral of Azogues,^[5] 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.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bishop Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera. Catholic Hierarchy. March 8, 2023.
2. Web site: Nuevo Obispo de Azogues. Franciscanos Ecuador.net. ES. July 3, 2016. March 8, 2023.
3. Web site: Nombran Obispo de Azogues al Reverendo Sacerdote Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera. March 8, 2023.
4. Web site: Bishop Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera. Catholic Hierarchy. July 12, 2023.
5. Web site: Entregan diseño original de construcción de torre de La Catedral de Azogues. Universia. ES. November 4, 2020. March 8, 2023.
6. Web site: “Niño Manuelito”, símbolo de unidad de los cantones del Cañar. El Mercurio EC. January 10, 2020. March 8, 2023.