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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

Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 751,000 555,000 (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)
  • Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso** (28 Jun 1984 - 27 Mar 2008)

    • 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.

    References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo Wikipedia
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