Diocese of Latacunga
| Diocese of Latacunga | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ecuador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Quito |
| Diocesan bishop | Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Raúl Holguer López Mayorga José Victoriano Naranjo Tovar |
| founding | 1963 |
| surface | 5,287 km² |
| Parishes | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 378,865 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 331.126 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 87.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,623 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San Jose |
The Diocese of Latacunga ( lat. : Dioecesis Latacungensis , span. : Diócesis de Latacunga ) is in Ecuador located Roman Catholic diocese based in Latacunga .
history
The diocese of Latacunga was on December 5, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Novam dioecesim from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Quito and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Latacunga
- Benigno Chiriboga SJ , 1963-1968
- José Mario Ruiz Navas , 1968–1989, then Bishop of Portoviejo
- Raúl Holguer López Mayorga , 1990-2003
- José Victoriano Naranjo Tovar , 2003–2016
- Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado , since 2016
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Latacunga - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.gcatholic.org: Diocese of Latacunga
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Novam dioecesim , AAS 56 (1964), n.11, pp. 668f.
