Catholic Church in Ecuador
The Catholic Church in Ecuador has 15 dioceses, four archdioceses and 11 dioceses, set into four ecclesiastical provinces; each province is headed by an archbishop. There are also eight Vicariate Apostolic and one Military Ordinariate in Ecuador.[1] The boundaries of the provinces of Ecuador are usually used to determine the boundaries of most territorial dioceses. The Primate of Ecuador is Fausto Trávez Trávez, the Archbishop of Quito.[2]
List of dioceses
The following is a list of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador:
Ecclesiastical province of Cuenca
Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil
Ecclesiastical province of Portoviejo
Ecclesiastical province of Quito
Apostolic Vicariates
- Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico
- Apostolic Vicariate of Esmeraldas
- Apostolic Vicariate of Galapagos
- Apostolic Vicariate of Méndez
- Apostolic Vicariate of Napo
- Apostolic Vicariate of Puyo
- Apostolic Vicariate of San Miguel de Sucumbíos
- Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora en Ecuador
Military Ordinariate
References
- ↑ "División Eclesiástica del Ecuador" (in Spanish). Catholic Church in Ecuador. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "Archbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez" (in Spanish). Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
External links
- Official website of the Catholic Church in Ecuador (Spanish)
- Catholic-Hierarchy entry.
- GCatholic.org.
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