The Most Reverend Oswaldo Vintimilla Cabrera
Bishop of Azogues
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	August 20, 2016
Predecessor	Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello
Orders
Ordination	November 17, 1990
Consecration	by  Pope Francis Giacomo Guido Ottonello
Personal details
Born	Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera (1966-08-02) 2 August 1966 (age 59) Cuenca, Ecuador
Motto	Adveniat regnum tuum
Coat of arms

Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera (born August 2, 1966, Cuenca, Azuay Province), ^[1] is an Ecuadorian priest, who serves as the Bishop of Azogues. ^[2]

Contents

• Life
• Priesthood
• Episcopate
• Bishop of Azogues
• Works
• References

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

He took degrees in Philosophy and Theology at the Seminario Mayor San León Magno-Cuenca.^{[ citation needed ]}

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 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

References