List of ambassadors of Ecuador to the Holy See

Ambassador of Ecuador to the Holy See

Inaugural holder| José Ignacio Ordóñez [de]
Formation| 1861

The Ecuadorian ambassador next the Holy See is the official representative of the Government in Quito to the subject of international right the Holy See.

## List of representatives

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Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations  | President of Ecuador | List of popes | Term end

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1861 | José Ignacio Ordóñez [de] | minister, obispo de Riobamba y arzobispo de Quito (1882)  | Gabriel García Moreno  | Pope Pius IX  | 1863
1866 | Fernando Lorenzana [de] | minister Alvaro Fernando de Lorenzana, Marqués de Belmonte  | Jerónimo Carrión  | Pope Pius IX  | 1868
1869 | Vicente Daniele Pastor | Chargé d'affaires | Gabriel García Moreno  | Pope Pius IX  | 1877
1878 | Fernando Lorenzana [de] | envoy, Alvaro Fernando de Lorenzana, Marqués de Belmonte  | Ignacio de Veintemillalspan  | Pope Leo XIII  | 1887
1887 | Antonio Flores (envoy) | envoy[1] | Luis Cordero Crespo  | Pope Leo XIII  | 1888
1888 | Leonidas A. Larrea | Chargé d'affaires[2] | Antonio Flores Jijón  | Pope Leo XIII  | 1891
1891 | Leonidas A. Larrea | Resident minister  | Antonio Flores Jijón  | Pope Leo XIII  | 1893
1893 | Leonidas A. Larrea | envoy  | Luis Cordero Crespo  | Pope Leo XIII  | 1897
1938 | Giovanni Modesto Larrea Jijón | envoy  | Manuel María Borrero  | Pope Pius XI  | 1939
1939 | Armando Guzmán y Aspiazu | envoy, Lisímaco Armando Guzmán Aspiazu, n. Guayaquil 28-VI-1883, f. 27- VIII-1960; diplomático, Attaché de la Legación del Ecuador en Londres, Secretario y luego Encargado de Negocios en Bruselas, Ministro y luego Embajador en la Santa ... 17-XII-1914, notable abogado, Ministro Plenipotenciario del Ecuador en el Perú, miembro fundador de la[3] | Luis Cordero Crespo  | Pope Pius XII  | 1944
1944 | Manuel Sotomayor Luna | ambassador, Ecuador Manuel Sotomayor Luna (ambassador, 27 December 1944). *Sr. Sotomayor Luna is a former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, who was appointed minister in London and Paris in 1939. He had arranged to come to London in[4] | José María Velasco Ibarra  | Pope Pius XII  | 1948
1948 | Carlo Emanuele Larrea | [5] | Galo Plaza Lasso  | Pope Pius XII  | 1951
1951 | César Coloma Silva | Cesar Coloma Silva (24 April 1901) presented his credentials as minister on 25 August 1944. Dr. Coloma Silva entered the diplomatic service in 1928, and was serving as secretary in Lima when I came here in 1934. This is his first post as Minister, ,César Coloma Silva,Nació en Quito, Ecuador, el 24 de abril de 1901. Es casado con la, diplomatico,hijas: 1} Alicia Coloma Mena, cc. Francisco Reed Borja, hijos: A. - Carolina Reed Coloma B. - Alexander 1) Magdalena Colema Mena, cl9c. Diego Moncayo Pérez,div.cs. c2»c. Francisco [6] | Galo Plaza Lasso  | Pope Pius XII  | 1952
2 July 1952 | Luigi Alfonso Ortiz Bilbao | Luigi Alfonso Ortiz Bilbao, nuovo ambasciatore straordinario e plenipotenziario della Repubblica dell'Equatore, il 2 luglio, fu ricevuto in udienza solenne dal Sommo Pontefice. Nell'atto di consegnare le lettere che l'accreditavano nell'alto [7] | José María Velasco Ibarra  | Pope Pius XII  | 1956
1957 | Rafael León Larrea | (* Quito en 1898, m. en Montevideo 12 enero de 1972), fue Diputado, Concejal, Miembro de la Junta Consultiva de RR.[8] | Camilo Ponce Enríquez  | Pope Pius XII  | 1960
1962 | Alberto Coloma-Silva | [9] | Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy  | Pope John XXIII  | 1965
1965 | Enrique Ponce y Carbo | Enrique Ponce y Carbo — Born: 1917. Admitted: 1941  | Ramón Castro Jijón  | Pope Paul VI  | 1967
1968 | Enrique Arízaga Toral | Enrique Arízaga Toral, (* en Cuenca 3 December 1903 , + En Cuenca el 30 April 1985 ) financista, diputado, senador[10] | José María Velasco Ibarra  | Pope Paul VI  | 1968
1969 | Luis Antonio Peñaherrera [de] |  | José María Velasco Ibarra  | Pope Paul VI  | 1973
1974 | Clemente Yerovi | Clemente Yerovi Indaburu  | Guillermo Rodríguez Lara  | Pope Paul VI  | 1976
1976 | Ernesto Valdivieso Chiriboga |  | Alfredo Poveda Burbano  | Pope Paul VI  | 1979
1979 | Teodoro Bustamante |  | Jaime Roldós  | Pope John Paul II  | 1981
1981 | Manuel De Guzmán Polanco |  | Osvaldo Hurtado  | Pope John Paul II  | 1983
1983 | Jorge Salvador Lara |  | Osvaldo Hurtado  | Pope John Paul II  | 1984
1984 | Francisco Alfredo Salazar Alvarado |  | León Febres Cordero  | Pope John Paul II  | 1989
1989 | Andrés Cárdenas Monge |  | Rodrigo Borja  | Pope John Paul II  | 1992
1993 | Galo Alberto Leoro Franco |  | Sixto Durán Ballén  | Pope John Paul II  | 1994
1994 | Galo Andrés Yepez Holguín | Chargé d'affaires | Sixto Durán Ballén  | Pope John Paul II  | 1995
1995 | Marcelo Santos Vera [es] | Marcelo Santos Vera  | Sixto Durán Ballén  | Pope John Paul II  | 1996
1997 | Alfredo Luna Tobar |  | Fabián Alarcón  | Pope John Paul II  | 1999
1999 | José Ayala Lasso | José Ayala Lasso[11] | Jamil Mahuad  | Pope John Paul II  | 3 September 2001
2002 | Marcelo Fernández de Córdoba Ponce | [12] | Gustavo Noboa  | Pope John Paul II  | 2004
2005 | Francisco Alfredo Salazar Alvarado | [13] | Alfredo Palacio  | Pope Benedict XVI  | 2006
2006 | Cristian Mancheno Egas | Chargé d'affaires | Alfredo Palacio  | Pope Benedict XVI  | 2007
2007 | Fausto Cordovez [es] | Fausto Cordovez Chiriboga[14] | Rafael Correa  | Pope Benedict XVI  | 2009
2009 | Dominika Orfelina Mejía Lachowicz | Chargé d'affaires | Rafael Correa  | Pope Benedict XVI  | 2010
2010 | Luis Dositeo Latorre Tapia | [15] | Rafael Correa  | Pope Benedict XVI  | 2017
2017 | José Luis Álvarez Palacio | [16] | Lenín Moreno  | Pope Francis  | 2021

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## References

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1. ^ Antonio Flores
2. ^ Leonidas A. Larrea
3. ^ Armando Guzmán y Aspiazu
4. ^ Manuel Sotomayor Luna
5. ^ Carlo Emanuele Larrea
6. ^ [1]César Coloma Silva
7. ^ Luigi Alfonso Ortiz Bilbao
8. ^ Rafael León Larrea
9. ^ Alberto Coloma-Silva
10. ^ Enrique Arízaga Toral
11. ^ José Ayala Lasso|de
12. ^ Marcelo Fernández de Córdoba Ponce
13. ^ Francisco Alfredo Salazar Alvarado
14. ^ Fausto Cordovez|de
15. ^ Luis Dositeo Latorre Tapia
16. ^ José Luis Álvarez Palacio
17. ^ Apostolische Nachfolge