The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambato ( la, Dioecesis Ambatensis) 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 associ ...
located in the city of
Ambato 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 sev ...
of
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 on ...
in Ecuador.
Special churches
*Minor Basilicas:
**
Nuestra Señora de la Elevación, Ambato
Leadership
*Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz,
O.F.M. (23 Oct 1949 – 10 Apr 1969), appointed Archbishop of Guayaquil; future Cardinal
*
Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán
Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (23 February 1934 – 29 December 2017) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic archbishop.
Cisneros Durán was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. He subsequently served as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic ...
(4 Jul 1969 – 15 Feb 2000), appointed Archbishop of Cuenca
*Germán Trajano Pavón Puente (19 Apr 2001 – 20 Jan 2015)
*
Jorge Giovanny Pazmiño Abril, O.P. (20 Jan 2015–present)
External links
Official website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Quito
Christian organizations established in 1948
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1948 establishments in Ecuador
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