Diocese of Ibarra
| Diocese of Ibarra | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ecuador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Quito |
| Diocesan bishop | René Coba Galarza |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Valter Dario Maggi Julio César Terán Dutari SJ |
| founding | 1862 |
| surface | 4,986 km² |
| Parishes | 67 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 409,244 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 388,332 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 94.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 20 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,664 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 195 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Agustin |
| address | Obispado, Garcia Moreno 548, Casilla 10-01-04, Ibarra, Ecuador |
The Diocese of Ibarra ( lat. : Dioecesis Ibarrensis , span. : Diócesis de Ibarra ) is an in Ecuador located Roman Catholic diocese based in Ibarra . It includes the Imbabura province .
history
Pope Pius IX founded the diocese of Ibarra on December 29, 1862 from cessions of territory from the archdiocese of Quito , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan .
The cathedral was destroyed by an earthquake in 1868 and rebuilt in 1872. On March 17, 1965, it lost part of its territory to the Diocese of Tulcán .
Bishops of Ibarra
- José Ignacio Checa y Barba , August 6, 1866-16. March 1868, then Archbishop of Quito
- Antonio Thomas Yturalde , June 25, 1869–…
- Pedro Rafael González Calisto , September 29, 1876-15. June 1893, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito
- Federico González Suárez , July 30, 1895-14. December 1905, then Archbishop of Quito
- Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones , May 8, 1907-7. December 1916, then Bishop of Bolívar
- Alberto Crespo Maria Ordóñez , December 4, 1916-5. December 1930, then Bishop of Bolivar
- Alessandro Pasquel , December 18, 1931-18. September 1934
- César Antonio Mosquera Corral , September 18, 1936-11. October 1954, then Bishop of Guayaquil
- Silvio Luis Haro Alvear , March 23, 1955-28. June 1980
- Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín , June 28, 1980-5. August 1983, Military Ordinary of Ecuador
- Luis Oswaldo Pérez Calderón , August 21, 1984-22. September 1989
- Antonio Arregui Yarza, July 25, 1995-7. May 2003, then Archbishop of Guayaquil
- Julio César Terán Dutari SJ , February 14, 2004-25. March 2011
- Valter Dario Maggi , March 25, 2011–13. October 2018
- René Coba Galarza , since December 12, 2019
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Ibarra on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Ibarra on gcatholic.org (English)