Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Ambato / Ambaten(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Quito
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Elevación
Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅
Bishop (2015.01.20 – ...): | Bishop Jorge Giovanny Pazmiño Abril, O.P. (59) |
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Bishop Jorge Giovanny Pazmiño Abril, O.P. (59) Bishop of Ambato (Ecuador) Ay de mi si no anuncio el evangelio
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Bishop Germán Trajano Pavón Puente (88) Bishop emeritus of Ambato (Ecuador)
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Bishop Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (later Cardinal)
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Area: 3,386 km²
Population: 531,540 Catholics (90.0% of 590,600 total)
Pastoral Centres: 53 parishes
Personnel: 97 priests (74 diocesan, 23 religious), 3 deacons, 167 religious (26 brothers, 141 sisters), 24 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.29
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