Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibarra

Summary

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibarra (Latin: Dioecesis Ibarrensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ibarra in the ecclesiastical province of Quito in Ecuador.

Diocese of Ibarra

Dioecesis Ibarrensis
Location
Country Ecuador
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Quito
Statistics
Area4,986 km2 (1,925 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
340,000
324,700 (95.5%)
Parishes61
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
EstablishedDecember 29, 1862 (161 years ago)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSegundo René Coba Galarza
Bishops emeritusJulio César Terán Dutari, S.J.
Valter Dario Maggi
Map

Churches edit

  • Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Merced

Bishops edit

Ordinaries edit

  • José Ignacio Checa y Barbo (6 August 1866 – 16 March 1868), appointed Archbishop of Quito
  • Antonio Tommaso Yturalde (25 June 1869 –1 July 1876)
  • Pedro Rafael González (Gonsález) (29 September 1876 – 15 June 1893), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito
  • Federico Gonsález y Suárez (30 July 1895 – 14 December 1905), appointed Archbishop of Quito
  • Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones (8 May 1907 – 7 December 1916), appointed Bishop of Bolivar
  • Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo (4 December 1916 – 5 December 1930), appointed Bishop of Bolivar
  • Alessandro Pasquel (18 December 1931 – 18 September 1934)
  • Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral (18 September 1936 – 11 October 1954), appointed Bishop of Guayaquil
  • Silvio Luis Haro Alvear (23 March 1955 – 28 June 1980)
  • Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (28 June 1980 – 5 August 1983), appointed Bishop of Ecuador, Military
  • Luis Oswaldo Pérez Calderón (21 August 1984 – 22 September 1989)
  • Antonio Arregui Yarza (25 July 1995 – 7 May 2003), appointed Archbishop of Guayaquil
  • Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. (14 February 2004 – 25 March 2011)
  • Valter Dario Maggi (25 March 2011 – 13 October 2018)[1]
  • Segundo René Coba Galarza (12 December 2019 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit

  • Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro, appointed Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio) in 1947
  • Guido Iván Minda Chalá, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil in 2009
  • Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado, appointed Bishop of Latacunga in 2016

References edit

  1. ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 13.10.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

External links edit

  • GCatholic.org
  • Catholic Hierarchy

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