Diocese of Azogues
Diocese of Azogues | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Ecuador |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cuenca |
Diocesan bishop | Oswaldo Patricio Ventimilla Cabrera |
founding | 1968 |
surface | 4,515 km² |
Parishes | 32 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 235,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 230,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 97.9% |
Diocesan priest | 35 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 7 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 5,476 |
Friars | 15 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 58 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | San Francisco |
address | Apartado 03-01-0759 Calle Solano 2–20 y Matovelle Azogues, Cañar Ecuador |
The Diocese of Azogues ( lat. : Dioecesis Azoguensis , span. : Diócesis de Azogues ) is in Ecuador located Roman Catholic diocese based in Azogues .
history
The diocese of Azogues was on June 26, 1968 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quo Magis from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Cuenca and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Azogues
- José Gabriel Díaz Cueva , 1968–1975
- Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga , 1975–1989, then military bishop of Ecuador
- Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo , 1990-2004
- Carlos Aníbal Altamirano Argüello , 2004–2015
- Oswaldo Patricio Ventimilla Cabrera , since 2016
See also
Web links
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