Diocese of Ibarra
Ibarren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ibarra, Ecuador
Latin-rite diocese seated in Ibarra in northern Ecuador, erected on 29 December 1862 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Quito. Its principal church is the Catedral de San Miguel in Ibarra. Bishop Segundo Rene Coba Galarza has led the diocese since December 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 December 1862
- Latin
- Ibarren(sis)
- Patron
- L'archange Michel
- Annuario code
- 001001639
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 324,700
- Population
- 340,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.5%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 3,152
- Extent
- 4,986 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 65
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
- Segundo Rene Coba Galarza
- Born
- 26 September 1957
- Birthplace
- Quito
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 de San Miguel, Ibarra stands in Ibarra, 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 AmbatoAmbato
- Diocese of GuarandaGuaranda
- Diocese of LatacungaLatacunga
- Diocese of RiobambaRiobamba
- Diocese of TulcánTulcán
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Quito in Ecuador sits the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibarra (Latin: Dioecesis Ibarrensis), centered on the city of Ibarra.
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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.