Diocese of

Guaranda

Ecuador Ecuador

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Guaranda / Guaranden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Quito

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.10.04 – ...):Bishop Hermenegildo JosĂ© Torres Asanza (58)Bishop Hermenegildo JosĂ© Torres Asanza (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Guaranda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza (58)Bishop Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza (58)
(2018.10.04 – ...)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador)

Born:1966.06.02 (San Roque, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1992.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:2007.12.12

Priest of Machala (Ecuador) (1992.07.12 – 2007.10.30)

Titular Bishop of Centenaria (2007.10.30 – 2018.10.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Machala (Ecuador) (2007.10.30 – 2018.10.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Machala (Ecuador) (2012.10.22 – 2013.07.20)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (2018.10.04 – ...)

Bishop Skiper Bladimir YĂĄnez Calvachi (52)Bishop Skiper Bladimir YĂĄnez Calvachi (52)
(2014.06.24 – 2018.03.27)

Bishop of Babahoyo (Ecuador)

Tu solus Domine

Born:1972.02.05 (Machachi, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1996.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2014.08.15

Priest of Quito (Ecuador) (1996.06.29 – 2014.06.24)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (2014.06.24 – 2018.03.27)

Bishop of Babahoyo (Ecuador) (2018.03.27 – ...)

Archbishop Marcos Aurelio PĂ©rez Caicedo (57)Bishop Marcos Aurelio PĂ©rez Caicedo (57) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014 – 2014.06.24)

Bishop Ángel Polivio Sånchez Loaiza (78)Bishop Ángel Polivio Sånchez Loaiza (78)
(2004.11.25 – 2013.07.20)

Bishop emeritus of Machala (Ecuador)

Born:1946.09.10 (Ayapamba, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1975.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:2004.12.18

Priest of Machala (Ecuador) (1975.08.03 – 2004.11.25)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (2004.11.25 – 2013.07.20)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2008 – 2014)

Bishop of Machala (Ecuador) (2013.07.20 – 2022.09.27)

Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (85)Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (85)
(1991.04.11 – 2004.02.14)

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 RaĂșl Holguer LĂłpez Mayorga (98)Bishop RaĂșl Holguer LĂłpez Mayorga (98)
(1980.05.24 – 1990.06.18)

Bishop emeritus of Latacunga (Ecuador)

Born:1926.08.24 (Mocha, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1973.04.29

Auxiliary Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1973.03.30 – 1974.08.03)

Titular Bishop of Casé in Numidia (1973.03.30 – 1980.05.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1974.08.03 – 1980.05.24)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1980.05.24 – 1990.06.18)

Bishop of Latacunga (Ecuador) (1990.06.18 – 2003.02.19)

Bishop CĂĄndido Rada SenosiĂĄin, S.D.B.
(1960.03.31 – 1980.05.24)

Born:1905.05.23 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1931.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1945.08.12
Died:1995.08.07 († 90)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1945.06.09 – 1949.12.22)

Titular Bishop of Pinara (1949.12.22 – 1960.03.31)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1960.03.31 – 1980.05.24)

Fr. Gilberto Tapia
(1957.12.10 – 1958 not possessed)

Born:1914.01.02 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1942.07.26
Died:1959 († 45)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1957.12.10 – 1958 not possessed)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Babahoyo (←), Latacunga (↑), Ambato (↗), Riobamba (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,254 kmÂČ

Population: 168,796 Catholics (80.4% of 209,933 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes

Personnel: 34 priests (26 diocesan, 8 religious), 64 religious (11 brothers, 53 sisters), 7 seminarians

Population

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Religious

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Last updated on 2024.10.29

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