Diocese of Latacunga, Ecuador 🇪🇨

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Latacunga / Latacungen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Quito

Neighbouring Dioceses: Guaranda (↙), Babahoyo (↙), Santo Domingo (↖), Quito (↑), Napo (→), Ambato (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1963.12.05: Established as Diocese of Latacunga / Latacungen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito and became suffragan of Quito)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1985.01)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.11.30 – ...):

Bishop Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado (63)

Monsignors (2)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Latacunga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado (63)
(2016.11.30 – ...)

Bishop of Latacunga (Ecuador)

Justitiæ fructus in pace

Born:	1962.11.30 (Cotacachi, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1988.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.01.20

Priest of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1988.06.29 – 2016.11.30)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2012.12.04 – 2016.11.30)

Bishop of Latacunga (Ecuador) (2016.11.30 – ...)

Bishop José Victoriano Naranjo Tovar (85)
(2003.02.19 – 2016.11.30)

Bishop emeritus of Latacunga (Ecuador)

Born:	1941.07.03 (Pujilí, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1965.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.25

Priest of Latacunga (Ecuador) (1965.07.02 – 2003.02.19)

Bishop of Latacunga (Ecuador) (2003.02.19 – 2016.11.30)

Bishop Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (99)
(1990.06.18 – 2003.02.19)

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 Casæ 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 José Mario Ruiz Navas (later Archbishop)
(1968.12.05 – 1989.08.06)

Born:	1930.07.20 (Pujilí, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1954.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.01.12
Died:	2020.12.09 (Pujilí, Ecuador † 90)

Bishop of Latacunga (Ecuador) (1968.12.05 – 1989.08.06)

Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1989.08.06 – 1994.02.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1993 – 2002)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1994.02.25 – 2007.08.06)

Bishop Benigno Chiriboga, S.J.
(1963.12.05 – 1968.12.03)

Born:	1900.07.21 (Riobamba, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1929.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.12.21
Died:	1981.10.09 (Quito, Ecuador † 81)

Titular Bishop of Acalissus (1958.11.15 – 1963.12.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1958.11.15 – 1963.12.05)

Bishop of Latacunga (Ecuador) (1963.12.05 – 1968.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Tasaccora (1968.12.03 – 1970.11.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San José, Latacunga, Cotopaxi

Guaranda (↙), Babahoyo (↙), Santo Domingo (↖), Quito (↑), Napo (→), Ambato (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,108 km²

Population: 412,380 Catholics (82.3% of 500,977 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes

Personnel: 47 priests (46 diocesan, 1 religious), 2 deacons, 113 religious (55 brothers, 58 sisters), 9 seminarians