Diocese of

Azogues

Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Azogues / Azoguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuenca

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Jacinto (↖), Riobamba (↑), Méndez (→), Cuenca (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1968.06.26: Established as Diocese of Azogues / Azoguen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuenca and became suffragan of Cuenca)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.06.25 – ...):

Bishop Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera (59)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Azogues (Roman Rite)

Bishop Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera (59)
(2016.06.25 – ...)

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1966.08.02 (Cuenca, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1990.11.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.20

Priest of Cuenca (Ecuador) (1990.11.17 – 2016.06.25)

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (2016.06.25 – ...)

Bishop Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello
(2004.02.14 – 2015.09.25)

Haced lo que el os diga

Born:	1942.03.13 (Aloasí, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1966.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.02.20
Died:	2015.09.25 († 73)

Priest of Quito (Ecuador) (1966.06.29 – 1994.01.03)

Titular Bishop of Ambia (1994.01.03 – 2004.02.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1994.01.03 – 2004.02.14)

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (2004.02.14 – 2015.09.25)

Bishop Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo
(1990.03.02 – 2004.02.14)

Dominus vexillum meum

Born:	1926.02.24 (San Antonio de Ibarra, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1950.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.04.20
Died:	2017.07.21 (Ibarra, Ecuador † 91)

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (1990.03.02 – 2004.02.14)

Bishop Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (later Cardinal)
(1975.04.29 – 1989.07.08)

Cum Maria matre Jesu

Born:	1934.01.01 (Riobamba, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.05.21
Created Cardinal:	2010.11.20
Died:	2020.11.15 (Quito, Ecuador † 86)

Priest of Riobamba (Ecuador) (1957.07.28 – 1972.04.20)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1970 – 1972)

Titular Bishop of Ausafa (1972.04.20 – 1975.04.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1972.04.20 – 1975.04.29)

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (1975.04.29 – 1989.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1989.07.08 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador) (1989.07.08 – 2003.03.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (2003.03.21 – 2010.09.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (2010.11.20 [2010.11.28] – 2020.11.15)

Bishop José Gabriel Diaz Cueva
(1968.06.26 – 1975.04.29)

Sub umbra illius

Born:	1925.06.13 (Cuenca, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1950.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.03.03
Died:	2018.01.26 (Cuenca, Ecuador † 92)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1964.01.13 – 1967.04.03)

Titular Bishop of Aræ in Numidia (1964.01.13 – 1968.06.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador) (1967.04.03 – 1968.06.26)

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (1968.06.26 – 1975.04.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1975.04.29 – 1999.12.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Francisco, Azogues, Cañar

San Jacinto (↖), Riobamba (↑), Méndez (→), Cuenca (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,515 km²

Population: 277,000 Catholics (98.4% of 281,396 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes

Personnel: 37 priests (diocesan), 70 religious (10 brothers, 60 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.07.02

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