Diocese of Ambato
Ambaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ambato, Ecuador
The Diocese of Ambato is a Latin Church diocese in the central highlands of Ecuador, created on February 28, 1948, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Quito. It has been led by Bishop Jorge Giovanny Pazmino Abril since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 February 1948
- Latin
- Ambaten(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Elevación o de la Peña
- Annuario code
- 001000671
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 499,000
- Population
- 590,600
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.5%
- Priests
- 92
- Catholics per priest
- 5,424
- Extent
- 3,844 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 130
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jorge Giovanny Pazmino Abril
- Born
- 3 July 1965
- Birthplace
- Baños
- Institute
- FRATI PREDICATORI (DOMENICANI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Elevation stands in Ambato, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Quito
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Quito.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of QuitoQuito
- Diocese of GuarandaGuaranda
- Diocese of IbarraIbarra
- Diocese of LatacungaLatacunga
- Diocese of RiobambaRiobamba
- Diocese of TulcánTulcán
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created in 1948, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambato (Latin: Dioecesis Ambatensis) has its seat in the city of Ambato and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Quito in Ecuador. By 2015 it counted 499,000 local Catholics in its care, served by 98 priests, 3 deacons, and 217 religious.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.