The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibarra ( la, Dioecesis Ibarrensis) is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

located in the city of Ibarra in the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

in Ecuador.

Churches

*Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Merced

Bishops

Ordinaries

*José Ignacio Checa y Barbo (6 August 1866 – 16 March 1868), appointed Archbishop of Quito *Antonio Tommaso Yturalde (25 June 1869 –1 July 1876) *Pedro Rafael González (Gonsález) (29 September 1876 – 15 June 1893), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito *Federico Gonsález y Suárez (30 July 1895 – 14 December 1905), appointed Archbishop of Quito *Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones (8 May 1907 – 7 December 1916), appointed Bishop of Bolivar *Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo (4 December 1916 – 5 December 1930), appointed Bishop of Bolivar *Alessandro Pasquel (18 December 1931 – 18 September 1934) *Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral (18 September 1936 – 11 October 1954), appointed Bishop of Guayaquil *Silvio Luis Haro Alvear (23 March 1955 – 28 June 1980) *

Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (August 10, 1927 – August 27, 2006), was archbishop of Guayaquil for ten years, and the first member of the prelature of Opus Dei in Ecuador. He was also a distinguished lawyer, frequently consulted about Ecuadoria ...

(28 June 1980 – 5 August 1983), appointed Bishop of Ecuador, Military *Luis Oswaldo Pérez Calderón (21 August 1984 – 22 September 1989) *Antonio Arregui Yarza (25 July 1995 – 7 May 2003), appointed Archbishop of Guayaquil *Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. (14 February 2004 – 25 March 2011) *

Valter Dario Maggi Valter Dario Maggi (born 12 August 1956) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served more than seven years as the Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador. Biography Valter Dario Maggi was born in Brignano Gera d’Adda on 12 August 1956. He complet ...

(25 March 2011 – 13 October 2018) *

Segundo René Coba Galarza Segundo may refer to: * ''Segundo'' (Juana Molina album), 2000 * ''Segundo'' (Cooder Graw album), 2001 *Segundo, Ponce, Puerto Rico, a ''barrio'' in the ''municipio'' of Ponce, Puerto Rico *Segundo River, a river in Cordoba, Argentina *, a United S ...

(12 December 2019 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro Nicanor or Nikanor is the name of: People Ancient history * Nicanor (father of Balacrus), 4th century BC * Nicanor (son of Parmenion) (4th-century–330 BC), 4th century BC; a Macedonian officer under Alexander * Nicanor of Stageira, 4th ce ...

, appointed Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio) in 1947 *

Guido Iván Minda Chalá Guido is a given name Latinised from the Old High German name Wido. It originated in Medieval Italy. Guido later became a male first name in Austria, Germany, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and Switzerland. The mea ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil in 2009 *

Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado Geovanni Deiberson Maurício Gómez (born 11 January 1980), known simply as Geovanni, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He was mostly used as an attacking midfielder but was also able to play on both wings and up front. Club care ...

, appointed Bishop of Latacunga in 2016

References

External links

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Quito Religious organizations established in 1862 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century 1862 establishments in Ecuador {{SouthAm-RC-diocese-stub