Diocese of Loja
Loian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Loja, Ecuador
Latin-rite diocese seated in Loja in southern Ecuador, erected on 29 December 1862 from territory of the Diocese of Cuenca and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuenca. Its cathedral is the Catedral de Loja (El Sagrario). Bishop Walter Jehova Heras Segarra, O.F.M., has led the diocese since October 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 December 1862
- Latin
- Loian(us)
- Patron
- Immaculée Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002036
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 523,442
- Population
- 552,031
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 94.8%
- Priests
- 150
- Catholics per priest
- 3,490
- Extent
- 11,476 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
- Walter Jehova Heras Segarra, O.F.M.
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 Loja stands in Loja, 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 Archdiocese of Cuenca.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CuencaCuenca
- Diocese of AzoguesAzogues
- Diocese of MachalaMachala
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 29 December 1862 from territory of the Diocese of Cuenca, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Loja (Latin: Dioecesis Loianus) has its seat in the city of Loja and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cuenca in Ecuador.
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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.