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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulcán

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Parishes
  
25

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Ecuador

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
17 March 1965

Area
  
3,699 km²

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulcán

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 184,000 176,000 (95.7%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito

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

Ordinaries

  • Luis Clemente de la Vega Rodriguez (17 Mar 1965 - 4 May 1987)
  • Germán Trajano Pavón Puente (28 Jan 1989 - 19 Apr 2001)
  • Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. (15 Jun 2002 - 22 Feb 2010); appointed Bishop of Machala
  • Fausto Gaibor García (4 May 2011 – present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulcán Wikipedia
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