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Diocese of

Azogues

Ecuador Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuenca

History

  • 1968.06.26: Established as Diocese of Azogues / Azoguen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuenca)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Azogues (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello (67)Bishop Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello (67)
(2004.02.14 – ...)

Born:1942.03.13 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1966.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1994.02.20

Titular Bishop of Ambia (1994.01.03 – 2004.02.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1994.01.03 – 2004.02.14)

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (2004.02.14 – ...)

Bishop Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo (84)Bishop Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo (84)
(1990.03.02 – 2004.02.14)

Born:1926.02.24 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1950.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:1990.04.20

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (1990.03.02 – 2004.02.14)

Archbishop Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (76)Bishop Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (76) (later Archbishop)
(1975.04.29 – 1989.07.08)

Born:1934.01.01 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1957.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:1972.05.21

Titular Bishop of Ausafa (1972.04.20 – 1975.04.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1972.04.20 – 1975.04.29)

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (1975.04.29 – 1989.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1989.07.08 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of Obispado Castrense del Ecuador (Ecuador) (1989.07.08 – 1998.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (2003.03.21 – ...)

Bishop José Gabriel Diaz Cueva (84)Bishop José Gabriel Diaz Cueva (84)
(1968.06.26 – 1975.04.29)

Born:1925.06.13 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1950.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:1964.03.03

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1964.01.13 – 1967)

Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia (1964.01.13 – 1968.06.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador) (1967 – 1968.06.26)

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (1968.06.26 – 1975.04.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1975.04.29 – 1999.12.18)


as of 2010.02.26

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