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Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Province of Quito

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Address
  
Guaranda, Ecuador

Country
  
Ecuador

Parishes
  
30

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
3,336 km²

Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)188,500162,100 (86%)

Established
  
29 December 1957 (59 years ago)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda (Latin: Dioecesis Guarandensis) is a diocese located in the city of Guaranda in the Ecclesiastical province of Quito. It was erected on 29 December 1957 from territory from the Diocese of Riobamba.

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Leadership

  • Gilberto Tapia (10 Dec 1957 - 1959)
  • Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B. (31 Mar 1960 - 24 May 1980)
  • Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (24 May 1980 - 18 Jun 1990)
  • Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (11 Apr 1991 - 14 Feb 2004)
  • Ángel Polibio Sánchez Loayza (25 Nov 2004–present)

    • Special churches

    The Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora María Natividad del Guayco (English: National Shrine of the Nativity of Our Lady) is located within the diocese, in the parish of Magdalena, canton of Chimbo.

    References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda Wikipedia
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