The Roman Catholic Diocese of Riobamba ( la, Dioecesis Rivibambensis) is a

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located in

Riobamba Riobamba (, full name San Pedro de Riobamba; Quechua: ''Rispampa'') is the capital of Chimborazo Province in central Ecuador, and is located in the Chambo River Valley of the Andes. It is south of Ecuador's capital Quito and located at an ele ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

. This diocese was erected on 29 December 1862 as the Diocese of Bolivar ( la, Dioecesis Bolivarensis) from territory of the

Diocese of Cuenca The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuenca ( la, Conchen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Cuenca in the Ecclesiastical province of Toledo in Spain.

. On 25 August 1955, it was renamed the Diocese of Riobamba. On 28 April 2021, Pope Francis accepted the resignations of Bishop Julio Parrilla Díaz and of Coadjutor Bishop elect Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja. The diocese had been the subject of charges of financial mismanagement and notable failures of priests to maintain their vows of celibacy. The former auxiliary bishop of Cuenca, Bolivar Piedra, was named Bishop on 21 September 2022.

Bishops

Bishops of Bolivar *José Ignacio Ordóñez (22 June 1866 – 1879) *Arsenio Andrade (13 November 1884 – 1907) *Andrés Machado, S.J. (16 November 1907 – 26 April 1916), appointed Bishop of Guayaquil *Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones (7 December 1916 – 27 December 1918) * Carlos María Javier de la Torre (21 August 1919 – 20 December 1926), appointed Bishop of Guayaquil; future Cardinal *Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo (5 December 1930 – 7 January 1954) *Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba (18 March 1954 – 25 August 1955); ''see below'' Bishops of Riobamba * Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba (25 August 1955 – 20 March 1985); ''see above'' *Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla (4 September 1987 – 28 February 2011) *

Julio Parrilla Díaz Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: * Julio (given name) * Julio (surname) * Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation a ...

(12 January 2013 – 28 April 2021) *Bolivar Piedra (21 September 2022 – present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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 ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil in 1972; later cardinal

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy
Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Quito

1862 establishments in Ecuador {{Ecuador-stub