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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambato

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Parishes
  
48

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
3,844 km²

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Ecuador

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 486,193 425,310 (87.5%)

Established
  
28 February 1948 (69 years ago)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambato (Latin: Dioecesis Ambatensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ambato in the Ecclesiastical province of Quito in Ecuador.

Contents

Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Nuestra Señora de la Elevación, Ambato

    • Leadership

  • Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (23 Oct 1949 - 10 Apr 1969)
  • Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (4 Jul 1969 - 15 Feb 2000)
  • Germán Trajano Pavón Puente (19 Apr 2001 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambato Wikipedia
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