The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulcán ( la, Dioecesis Tulcanensis) is a
diocese
In 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 provinces were administratively associa ...
located in the city of
Tulcán :''"Tulcan" is also an alternative spelling of tulchan''
Tulcán () is the capital of the province of Carchi in Ecuador and the seat of Tulcán Canton. The population of the city of Tulcán was 47,359 in the 2001 census and 53,558 in the 2010 ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...
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), appointed Bishop of Ambato
*Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos,
S.D.B. (15 Jun 2002 – 22 Feb 2010), appointed Bishop of Machala
*Fausto Gaibor García (4 May 2011 – 4 Jun 2021)
*Luis Bernardino Núñez Villacís (5 Jul 2021 – present)
Sources
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Quito
Christian organizations established in 1965
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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