Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín

Servant of God

Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín
Servant of God; Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín
Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Guayaquil
See	Guayaquil
Appointed	7 December 1989
Term ended	7 May 2003
Predecessor	Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M.
Successor	Antonio Arregui Yarza
Other post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (1969 - 1980); Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari (1969 - 1980); Bishop of Ibarra (1980 - 1983); Titular Bishop of Novi (1983 - 1988); Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Ecuador (1983 - 1989); Coadjutor Archbishop of Guayaquil (1988 - 1989);
Orders
Ordination	5 August 1962; by Pope John XXIII
Consecration	15 June 1969; by Cardinal Pablo Muñoz Vega
Rank	Archbishop
Personal details
Born	10 August 1927; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	27 August 2006 (aged 79); Quito, Ecuador
Profession	Lawyer
Alma mater	Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas of Rome; Sapienza University of Rome;

Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (August 10, 1927 – August 27, 2006), was archbishop of Guayaquil for ten years, and the first member of the prelature of Opus Dei in Ecuador. He was also a distinguished lawyer, frequently consulted about Ecuadorian Civil law and the author of more than 60 books about jurisprudence.