Diocese of Guaranda
| Diocese of Guaranda | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ecuador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Quito |
| Diocesan bishop | Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza (appointed) |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 3,254 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 192,821 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 165,827 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 86% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,182 |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Pedro Cathedral |
| address | Obispado Casilla 15 Calle 10 de Agosto 617 y 7 de Mayo Guaranda, Bolivar Ecuador |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda ( lat. : Dioecesis Guarandensis , span. : Diócesis de Guaranda ) is in Ecuador located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Guaranda .
history
The diocese of Guaranda was on December 29, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from territory ceded by the Diocese of Riobamba and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Quito as a suffragan .
Bishops of Guaranda
- Gilberto Tapia , 1957-1959
- Cándido Rada Senosiáin SDB , 1960–1980
- Raúl Holguer López Mayorga , 1980–1990
- Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda , 1991-2004
- Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza , 2004–2013
- Skiper Bladimir Yánez Calvachi , 2014–2018, then Bishop of Babahoyo
- Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza , since 2018