Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga

Biography:

Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga is the Archbishop Emeritus of Quito. He served as archbishop of Quito and the Primate of Ecuador from 2003 to 2010 when Fausto Trávez Trávez was appointed to replace Archbishop Vela Chiriboga. Pope Benedict XVI elevated Vela Chiriboga to the status of cardinal at a consistory on 20 November 2010 becoming Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via. He participated in the papal conclave of 2013.