The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda ( la, Dioecesis Guarandensis) 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
Guaranda
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in the
Ecclesiastical province
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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 o ...
. It was erected on 29 December 1957 from territory from the
Diocese of Riobamba.
Bishops
*Gilberto Tapia (10 Dec 1957 – 1958), did not take effect
*Cándido Rada Senosiáin,
S.D.B. (31 Mar 1960 – 24 May 1980)
*Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (24 May 1980 – 18 Jun 1990), appointed Bishop of Latacunga
*Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (11 Apr 1991 – 14 Feb 2004), appointed Bishop of Ecuador, Military
*Ángel Polibio Sánchez Loayza (25 Nov 2004 – 20 Jul 2013), appointed Bishop of Machala
*
Skiper Bladimir Yáñez Calvachi (24 Jun 2014 - 27 Mar 2018), appointed Bishop of Babahoyo
*
Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza
Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild (died 13 April 585; es, San Hermenegildo; la, Hermenegildus, from Gothic ''*Airmana-gild'', "immense tribute"), was the son of king Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. ...
(4 Oct 2018–present)
Coadjutor bishop
*
Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (1974-1980)
Auxiliary bishop
*
Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (1973-1974), appointed Coadjutor here
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
*
Fausto Feliciano Gaibor García
Fausto is a given name and surname. It is used as a title for:
__NOTOC__ Music
* ''Fausto'' (opera), an opera by Louise Bertin
Films
* ''Fausto'' (1993 film), a French film directed by Rémy Duchemin
* ''Fausto'' (2018 film), a Canadian film d ...
, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Riobamba in 2006
Special churches
The Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora María Natividad del Guayco ( en, National Shrine of the Nativity of Our Lady) is located within the diocese, in the parish of Magdalena,
canton of Chimbo.
External links
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Quito
Christian organizations established in 1957
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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