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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portoviejo

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Porto Viejo

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
20,342 km²

Archbishop
  
Lorenzo Voltolini Esti

Parishes
  
78

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Country
  
Ecuador

Emeritus bishop
  
José Mario Ruiz Navas

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)1,186,0251,091,143 (92%)

Established
  
23 March 1870 (Erected as a Diocese)25 February 1994 (Elevated to Archdiocese)

Auxiliary bishops
  
Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago, Eduardo José Castillo Pino

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo (Latin: Archidioecesis Portus Veteris) is an archdiocese located in the city of Portoviejo in Ecuador.

Contents

Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Basílica de Santísima Virgen de Monserrat in Montecristi
    (Basilica of the Holy Virgin of Montserrat)

    • Ordinaries

    Bishops of Portoviejo

  • Luis Tola y Avilés (6 Mar 1871 - 1881)
  • Pedro Schumacher, C.M. (27 Mar 1885 - 15 Jul 1900)
  • Juan María Riera, O.P. (16 Dec 1907 - 19 Jan 1912)
  • Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro (30 May 1947 - 17 Feb 1967)
  • Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales (17 Feb 1967 - 6 Aug 1989)
  • José Mario Ruiz Navas (6 Aug 1989 - 25 February 1994)

    • Archbishops of Portoviejo

  • José Mario Ruiz Navas (25 February 1994 - 6 Aug 2007)
  • Lorenzo Voltolini Esti (6 Aug 2007–present)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portoviejo Wikipedia
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