Diocese of Ambato
| Diocese of Ambato | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Ecuador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Quito |
| Diocesan bishop | Jorge Giovanny Pazmiño Abril OP |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Germán Trajano Pavón Puente |
| Vicar General | Gonzalo Espinosa Sánchez |
| founding | 1948 |
| surface | 3,844 km² |
| Parishes | 52 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 554,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 512,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 92.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 71 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,505 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 30 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 184 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Ambato Cathedral |
| address | Obispado Calle Bolívar 17-33 Apartado 18-01-0124 Ambato Ecuador |
| Website | http://www.diocesisambato.org/ |
The Diocese of Ambato ( lat. : Dioecesis Ambatensis , span. : Diócesis de Ambato ) is an in Ecuador located Roman Catholic diocese based in Ambato .
history
The Diocese of Ambato was on February 28, 1948 by Pope Pius XII. built from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Quito and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Ambato
- Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz OFM , 1949–1969, then Archbishop of Guayaquil
- Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán , 1969–2000, then Archbishop of Cuenca
- Germán Trajano Pavón Puente , 2001-2015
- Jorge Giovanny Pazmiño Abril OP , since 2015
See also
Web links
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