Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda

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Diocese of Guaranda
Dioecesis Guarandensis
Statistics
Country: Ecuador
Metropolitan: Quito
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 3,336 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
188,500 (2006)
162,100 (86.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral San Pedro
Ordinaries
Bishop: Ángel Polibio Sánchez Loayza

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda {Latin: Guaranden(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Guaranda in the Ecclesiastical province of Quito in Ecuador.

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Special Churches

  • National Shrine:
    • Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora María Natividad del Guayco, Parroquia la Magdalena, Bolívar
      (National Shrine of the Nativity of Our Lady)

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Guaranda (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Ángel Polibio Sánchez Loayza (2004.11.25 – present)
    • Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (1991.04.11 – 2004.02.14)
    • Bishop Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (1980.05.24 – 1990.06.18)
    • Bishop Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B. (1960.03.31 – 1980.05.24)
    • Bishop Gilberto Tapia (1957.12.10 – 1959)

[edit] Source

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