Jorge de Viteri y Ungo

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| title = Bishop of San Salvador

| name = Jorge de Viteri y Ungo

| image = Jorge de Viteri y Ungo.jpg

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| caption = Jorge de Viteri y Ungo

| church = Catholic Church

| diocese = San Salvador

| term_start = 27 January 1843

| term_end = 5 November 1849

| predecessor = Diocese established

| successor = {{nowrap|Tomás Miguel Pineda y Saldaña}}

| other_post = Bishop of Nicaragua (1849–1853)

| ordination = 18 February 1826

| consecration = 29 January 1843

| birth_name = José Jorge de Viteri y Ungo

| birth_date = 24 April 1802

| birth_place = San Salvador, Guatemala, New Spain, Spanish Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1853|07|25|1802|04|24|df=y}}

| death_place = León, León, Nicaragua

| religion = Catholicism

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| denomination = Catholic

| date of priestly ordination = 18 February 1826

| place of priestly ordination = Guatemala

| consecrated by = Giacomo Filippo Fransoni

| co-consecrators = Antonio Fernando José de Echánove y Zaldívar, Luigi Guglielmi

| date of consecration = 29 January 1843

| place of consecration = Tor de' Specchi Monastery

| bishop 1 = Francisco de Paul García Peláez

| consecration date 1 = 11 February 1844

| bishop 2 = Francisco de Paula Campo y Pérez

| consecration date 2 = 12 January 1845

| sources = {{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdeviteri.html|access-date=11 June 2021|website=Catholic Hierarchy|title=Bishop José de Viteri y Ungo †}}

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José Jorge de Viteri y Ungo (24 April 1802 – 25 July 1853) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the first Bishop of San Salvador from 1843 until 1849, when he was appointed as Bishop of Nicaragua until his death in 1853.

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