Military Ordinariate of

Obispado Castrense del Ecuador

Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Military Ordinariate

Name: Obispado Castrense del Ecuador / Ecuador

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1983.03.30: Established as Military Vicariate of Ecuador
1986.07.21: Promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense del Ecuador / Ecuador

Contact Info

Address: Apartado 17-03-758, Av. América 1830 y Mercadillo, Quito, Ecuador

Present Prelates

Military Ordinary (2023.01.31 – ...):

Bishop José Miguel Asimbaya Moreno (65)

Ordinaries

Military Ordinaries of Obispado Castrense del Ecuador (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Miguel Asimbaya Moreno (65)
(2023.01.31 – ...)

Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador)

Ad conventus fratribus

Born:	1959.10.31 (Quito, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1989.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.04.19

Priest of Quito (Ecuador) (1989.11.23 – 2023.01.31)

Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador) (2023.01.31 – ...)

Bishop Segundo René Coba Galarza (67)
(2014.06.18 – 2019.12.12)

Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

Born:	1957.06.26 (Quito, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1982.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.08.11

Priest of Quito (Ecuador) (1982.07.03 – 2006.06.07)

Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena (2006.06.07 – 2014.06.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (2006.06.07 – 2014.06.18)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2014.05.08 – 2019.12.12)

Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador) (2014.06.18 – 2019.12.12)

Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador) (2019.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (85)
(2004.02.14 – 2014.06.18)

Military Ordinary emeritus of Ecuador (Ecuador)

Born:	1939.04.05 (Quito, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.05.04

Priest of Quito (Ecuador) (1965.06.29 – 1991.04.11)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1991.04.11 – 2004.02.14)

Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador) (2004.02.14 – 2014.06.18)

Bishop Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (later Cardinal)
(1989.07.08 – 2003.03.21)

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 Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, Opus Dei (later Archbishop)
(1986.07.21 – 1988.03.25)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1927.08.09 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1962.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.06.15
Died:	2006.08.27 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari (1969.05.17 – 1980.06.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1969.05.17 – 1980.06.28?)

Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1980.06.28 – 1983.08.05)

Military Vicar of Ecuador (Ecuador) (1983.08.05 – 1986.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Novi (1983.08.05 – 1988.03.25)

Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador) (1986.07.21 – 1988.03.25)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1988.03.25 – 1989.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1989.12.07 – 2003.05.07)

Military Vicars of Ecuador (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, Opus Dei (later Archbishop)
(1983.08.05 – 1986.07.21)

(see above)

Statistics (2013.12.31)

Pastoral Centres: 118 missions

Personnel: 60 priests (50 diocesan, 10 religious), 10 religious (10 brothers)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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