The local Ecuadorian clergy believes Garcîa Moreno…

The local Ecuadorian clergy believes Garcîa Moreno to be fanatical and criticizeds him for it, despite such proclerical measures that have led many historians to dub his regime a theocracy.

The president, in turn, replaces many local clergymen with foreign priests in an effort to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church in Ecuador, which he considers degenerate and dissolute.