Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo

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Metropolitan Antonio Arregui Yarza Denomination Roman Catholic Area 6,531 km²		Parishes 21 Rite Latin Rite Country Ecuador

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)751,000555,000 (73.9%) Established 15 July 1948 (Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Los Ríos)10 September 1951 (Promoted as Territorial Prelature)22 August 1994 (Promoted as Diocese of Babahoyo) Ecclesiastical provinces Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil, Antonio Arregui Yarza

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo (Latin: Dioecesis Babahoiensis) is a diocese located in the city of Babahoyo in the Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil in Ecuador.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Administrator

Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales* (13 Aug 1948 - 1957)

Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia (1957 - 29 Nov 1963)

Prelate of Los Rios

Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia (29 Nov 1963 - 12 May 1982)

Bishops of Babahoyo

Fausto Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (27 Mar 2008 - 11 September 2010)

Marco Pérez Caicedo (since 10 February 2012)

*Later became the Prelate of Los Rios.
**Later became the Bishop.

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