Diocese of Loja
| Diocese of Loja | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Ecuador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cuenca |
| Diocesan bishop | Walter Jehowá Heras Segarra OFM |
| founding | 1862 |
| surface | 11,063 km² |
| Parishes | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 497,235 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 330.131 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 66.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 117 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.013 |
| Friars | 120 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 311 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| Website | www.diocesisdeloja.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Loja ( lat. : Dioecesis Loiana , span. : Diócesis de Loja ) is in Ecuador located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Loja .
history
The diocese Loja was on December 29, 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Erected from cession of territory by the diocese of Cuenca . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cuenca as a suffragan . On July 26, 1954, the Diocese of Loja gave up parts of its territory to establish the Territorial Prelature El Oro .
Bishops of Loja
- 1875–1902 José María Massia, OFM
- 1907–1911 Juan José Antonio Eguiguren-Escudero
- 1911–1919 Carlos María de la Torre , then Bishop of Bolívar
- 1920-1944 Guglielmo Harris
- 1945–1956 Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus
- 1956–1963 Juán Maria Riofrio OP
- 1963–1972 Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga
- 1972–1985 Alberto Zambrano Palacios OP
- 1985-2007 Hugolino Cerasuolo Stacey, OFM
- 2008–2013 Julio Parrilla Díaz , then Bishop of Riobamba
- 2013–2019 Alfredo Espinoza Mateus SDB
- since 2019 Walter Jehowá Heras Segarra OFM