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Diocese of Guaranda

Dioecesis Guarandensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 29 December 1957
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Quito
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ecuador
  • Square Kilometers: 3,254 (1,256 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle 10 de Agosto 617 y 7 de Mayo, Guaranda, Bolivar, Ecuador
  • Telephone: (03)2550.421

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 December 1957ErectedDiocese of Riobamba (Bolivar) Diocese of Guaranda (erected)
11 September 1961Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Guaranda (from Cuenca)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966160,500165,00097.3%417483,343711620ap1967
1970180,000188,00095.7%294335,454520ap1971
1976206,000208,00099.0%222248,58324522ap1977
1980175,000180,00097.2%256315,64584225ap1981
1990202,000212,89394.9%2110316,516106523ap1991
1999164,607173,27195.0%248325,14386223ap2000
2000170,316179,28095.0%268345,00986224ap2001
2001171,658180,78495.0%276335,201196226ap2002
2002176,053185,31895.0%286345,178197026ap2003
2003161,118169,37095.1%306364,4751107828ap2004
2004164,341181,01190.8%305354,695198029ap2005
2006162,100188,50086.0%264305,40386530ap2007
2013181,246183,64198.7%314355,178675929ap2014
2016165,827192,82186.0%284325,18276429ap2017
2019176,931194,35391.0%286345,20395829ap2020
2021169,763211,14280.4%275325,30595130ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 553, to Page 555
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 545, and Page 546

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