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Diocese of

Ambato

Ecuador Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Quito

Website: Link

History

  • 1948.02.28: Established as Diocese of Ambato / Ambaten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ambato (Roman Rite)

Bishop Germán Trajano Pavón Puente (73)Bishop Germán Trajano Pavón Puente (73)
(2001.04.19 – ...)

Born:1936.10.28 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1989.02.25

Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador) (1989.01.28 – 2001.04.19)

Bishop of Ambato (Ecuador) (2001.04.19 – ...)

Archbishop Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (76)Bishop Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (76) (later Archbishop)
(1969.07.04 – 2000.02.15)

Born:1934.02.23 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1957.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:1968.01.07

Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania (1967.12.01 – 1969.07.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1967.12.01 – 1969.07.04)

Bishop of Ambato (Ecuador) (1969.07.04 – 2000.02.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador) (2000.02.15 – 2009.04.20)

President of Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana (2002 – 2005)

Bishop Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (later Cardinal)
(1949.10.23 – 1969.04.10)

Pax et bonum

Born:1912.11.12 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1937.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:1949.12.04
Created Cardinal:1994.11.26
Died:2000.04.06 († 87)

Bishop of Ambato (Ecuador) (1949.10.23 – 1969.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1969.04.10 – 1989.12.07)

President of Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana (1973 – 1975)

President of Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana (1984 – 1987)

Apostolic Administrator of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1990 – 1995.07.25)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1994.11.26 – 2000.04.06)

as of 2010.02.26

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