Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (born 18 March 1941) is an

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ian prelate of the

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who was

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from 2010 to 2019. He previously served as Bishop of Babahoyo from 2008 to 2010. Trávez Trávez was born in Toacazo, diocese of Latacunga. He studied in both Ecuador and

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at the Saint Buenaventura University,

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where he completed his studies in

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. He made his solemn profession on 15 October 1965 and was ordained to the priesthood on 12 December 1970. He founded the "Movement Juvenil Francisco" in

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in 1969 was a member of Provincial Definitory, Master student of the Franciscan superior, priest, founder in 1982 of "Misioneras Franciscanas de la Juventud", Provincial Minister, President of "Unión de conferencias Latinoamericanas Franciscanas" and "Conferencia Franciscan Bolivarian". He was appointed

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of Sulletto and Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador by Pope John Paul II on 14 January 2003 and consecrated on 15 March. He served as

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until 27 March 2008 when he was appointed Bishop of Babahoyo. He was appointed Archbishop of Quito by

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on 11 September 2010. He received the

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from Pope Benedict on 29 June 2011 in Rome.

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accepted his resignation on 5 April 2019.

References

External links

* The Hierarchy of the Catholic Churc
Archbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.
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Profile on the Archdiocese of Quito's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Travez, Fausto Travez 1941 births Living people People from Latacunga Canton 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ecuador Franciscan bishops Ecuadorian Friars Minor Roman Catholic bishops of Babahoyo Roman Catholic archbishops of Quito