The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibarra (Latin: Dioecesis Ibarrensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ibarra in the ecclesiastical province of Quito in Ecuador.
Diocese of Ibarra Dioecesis Ibarrensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Ecuador |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Quito |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,986 km2 (1,925 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 340,000 324,700 (95.5%) |
| Parishes | 61 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | December 29, 1862 (161 years ago) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Segundo René Coba Galarza |
| Bishops emeritus | Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. Valter Dario Maggi |
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Churches
edit- Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Merced
Bishops
editOrdinaries
edit- José Ignacio Checa y Barbo (6 August 1866 – 16 March 1868), appointed Archbishop of Quito
- Antonio Tommaso Yturalde (25 June 1869 –1 July 1876)
- Pedro Rafael González (Gonsález) (29 September 1876 – 15 June 1893), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito
- Federico Gonsález y Suárez (30 July 1895 – 14 December 1905), appointed Archbishop of Quito
- Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones (8 May 1907 – 7 December 1916), appointed Bishop of Bolivar
- Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo (4 December 1916 – 5 December 1930), appointed Bishop of Bolivar
- Alessandro Pasquel (18 December 1931 – 18 September 1934)
- Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral (18 September 1936 – 11 October 1954), appointed Bishop of Guayaquil
- Silvio Luis Haro Alvear (23 March 1955 – 28 June 1980)
- Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (28 June 1980 – 5 August 1983), appointed Bishop of Ecuador, Military
- Luis Oswaldo Pérez Calderón (21 August 1984 – 22 September 1989)
- Antonio Arregui Yarza (25 July 1995 – 7 May 2003), appointed Archbishop of Guayaquil
- Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. (14 February 2004 – 25 March 2011)
- Valter Dario Maggi (25 March 2011 – 13 October 2018)[1]
- Segundo René Coba Galarza (12 December 2019 – present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
edit- Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro, appointed Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio) in 1947
- Guido Iván Minda Chalá, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil in 2009
- Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado, appointed Bishop of Latacunga in 2016
References
edit- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 13.10.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
External links
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