Diocese of Azogues
Azoguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Azogues, Ecuador
Latin rite diocese in Canar Province, Ecuador, created on 26 June 1968 by Pope Paul VI from territory of the Archdiocese of Cuenca, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Catedral San Francisco in Azogues. Bishop Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera has led the diocese since 25 June 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 June 1968
- Latin
- Azoguen(sis)
- Patron
- Corazón Inmaculado de María
- Annuario code
- 001000770
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 208,000
- Population
- 210,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 99.0%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 5,778
- Extent
- 4,515 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 46
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
- Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera
- Born
- 2 August 1966
- Birthplace
- Cuenca (Ecuador)
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
Catedral San Francisco, Azogues stands in Azogues, 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 Cuenca
A suffragan of Cuenca.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CuencaCuenca
- Diocese of LojaLoja
- Diocese of MachalaMachala
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
By a papal bull of Pope Paul VI dated 26 June 1968, territory was taken from the Archdiocese of Cuenca to form the Roman Catholic Diocese of Azogues (Latin: Dioecesis Azoguensis). Its seat is the city of Azogues, within the ecclesiastical province of Cuenca in Ecuador.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.