Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora, Ecuador 🇪🇨

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Zamora / Zamora en Ecuador / Zamoren(sis) in Æquatoria (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Chulucanas (↙), Loja (←), Cuenca (↑), Méndez (↗), Jaén en Perú (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1893.02.17: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora / Zamoren(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Napo)
1991.02.22: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora / Zamora en Ecuador / Zamoren(sis) in Æquatoria (Latin)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2020.11.17 – ...):

Bishop Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés (52)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Zamora (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés (52)
(2020.11.17 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador)

Ubi utilius ecclesiæ

Born:	1973.09.17 (Gozanamá, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1998.09.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.01.23

Priest of Loja (Ecuador) (1998.09.11 – 2020.11.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador) (2020.11.17 – ...)

Bishop Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M. (61)
(2009.03.25 – 2019.10.31)

Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

Sanctum evangelium observare

Born:	1964.04.04 (Bulán, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1992.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.05.21

Titular Bishop of Vazari (2009.03.25 – 2019.10.31)

Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador) (2009.03.25 – 2019.10.31)

Bishop of Loja (Ecuador) (2019.10.31 – ...)

Msgr. Ricardo Flatz
(Apostolic Administrator 2008.07 – 2009.03.25)

Bishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (85) (later Archbishop)
(2003.02.01 – 2008.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Quito (Ecuador)

Deus meus et omnia

Born:	1941.03.18 (Toacazo, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.15

Titular Bishop of Sullectum (2003.02.01 – 2008.03.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador) (2003.02.01 – 2008.03.27)

Bishop of Babahoyo (Ecuador) (2008.03.27 – 2010.09.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (2010.09.11 – 2019.04.05)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2014.05.08 – 2017.04.28)

Bishop Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M.
(1982.09.10 – 2003.02.01)

Dios mío y mi todo

Born:	1924.11.07 (Tixán, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1951.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.02.02
Died:	2026.01.16 (Guayaquil, Ecuador † 101)

Prefect Apostolic of Galápagos (Ecuador) (1980.05.17 – 1982.09.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador) (1982.09.10 – 2003.02.01)

Titular Bishop of Gibba (1982.09.10 – 2026.01.16)

Bishop Jorge Francisco Mosquera Barreiro, O.F.M.
(1964.04.21 – 1982.09.10)

Born:	1909.09.10 (Tumbaco, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1937.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.07.12
Died:	1990.09.26 († 81)

Apostolic Administrator of Zamora (Mexico) (1959 – 1964.04.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador) (1964.04.21 – 1982.09.10)

Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta (1964.04.21 – 1990.09.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Zamora, Zamora-Chinchipe

Churches by City (23)

Chulucanas (↙), Loja (←), Cuenca (↑), Méndez (↗), Jaén en Perú (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,556 km²

Population: 100,958 Catholics (83.8% of 120,416 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes

Personnel: 28 priests (23 diocesan, 5 religious), 34 religious (9 brothers, 25 sisters), 5 seminarians