MOSIGNOR EUGENIO ARELLANO FERNANDEZ, MCCJ.
He entered the Novitiate of the Comboni Congregation on August 15, 1968 and was ordained a priest on December 18, 1972. On August 20, 1995 he was consecrated Bishop and named Ordinary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Esmeraldas at the request of Pope John Paul II. charge that he maintained until his retirement in 2021. On September 9, 2005 he established the Redemptoris Mater Diocesan Missionary Seminary "San Pedro Claver" in Esmeraldas, Ecuador.