Bishop of Ecuador
Msgr. José Miguel Asimbaya Moreno was born on 31 October 1959. He attended the San José Major Seminary of Quito and completed his studies at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador . He was ordained a priest on 23 November 1989 and incardinated in the archdiocese of Quito. He was awarded a licentiate in moral theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He has held the following offices: parish priest of San Martín de Porres , San José Obrero , Immaculada Concepción and San Isidro de El Inca ; chaplain of the college and of the religious community of the Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales; territorial episcopal vicar of fifty parishes in the north of Quito. For two years he served as parish priest of El Sacrario , in the Cathedral of Quito and as canon of the Cathedral. In 2019 he was appointed administrative vicar and in 2020, chancellor of the archdiocese. He is a member of the Council for Economic Affairs and of the Council for the Orders.