What is José Mario Ruiz Navas?
[[File:Chrism Mass - Portoviejo 2019, José Mario Ruiz Navas (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The Most Reverend José Ruiz Navas at a Chrism Mass in 2019]] '''José Mario Ruiz Navas''' (20 July 1930 &ndash; 10 December 2020) was an Ecuadorian [[Roman Catholic]] prelate. Ruiz Navas was born in [[Pujilí]], [[Ecuador]]. He became a priest in 1954. He was bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Latacunga]], Ecuador, from 1968 to 1989 and then as bishop and then archbishop of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portoviejo]], Ecuador, from 1989 to 2007.<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/port0.htm Archdiocese of Portoviejo]</ref> Ruiz Navas died on 10 December 2020 in [[Latacunga]], Ecuador at the age of 90.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bruizn.html Archbishop José Mario Ruiz Navas]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiz Naavas, Jose Mario}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Ecuadorian Roman Catholic bishops]] [[Category:Roman Catholic priests]] [[Category:Roman Catholic archbishops]] {{bio-stub}}