The Roman Catholic Diocese of Azogues ( la, Dioecesis Azoguensis) 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

Azogues Azogues () is the capital of Azogues Canton and of Cañar Province in Ecuador. The population of Azogues is approximately 40,000. Azogues is located at 2,518 meters above sea level (8,261 feet), its population is of 39,848 inhabitants, its ave ...

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 Cuenca in Ecuador. It was created on 26 June 1968 from territory of the Archdiocese of Cuenca by the papal bull made by

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augus ...

Ordinaries

José Gabriel Diaz Cueva José Gabriel Díaz Cueva (13 June 1925 – 26 January 2018) was a Catholic bishop. Diaz Cueva was ordained to the priesthood in 1950. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador from 1964 to 1967 and from 1975 to 1 ...

(26 Jun 1968 – 29 Apr 1975) *

Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1 January 1934 – 15 November 2020) was an Ecuadorian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Quito from 2003 to 2010. He became a bishop coadjutor in 1972 and served as an auxiliary in Guayaquil, ...

(29 Apr 1975 – 8 Jul 1989), appointed Bishop of Ecuador, Military; future Cardinal *

Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo (24 February 1926 – 21 July 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1950, Zarauz Carrillo served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Azogues, Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Q ...

(2 Mar 1990 – 14 Feb 2004) *

Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello (13 March 1942 – 25 September 2015) was an Ecuadorian Catholic bishop. He was born in Aloasí and ordained a priest in 1966. He served only the archdiocese of Quito until 1994, when he was named to the concurr ...

(14 Feb 2004 – 25 Sept 2015) * Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera (25 June 2016 - )

External links

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cuenca Christian organizations established in 1968 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{SouthAm-RC-diocese-stub