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Diocese of

Guaranda

Ecuador Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Quito

History

  • 1957.12.29: Established as Diocese of Guaranda / Guaranden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Riobamba)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Guaranda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ángel Polibio Sánchez Loayza (63)Bishop Ángel Polibio Sánchez Loayza (63)
(2004.11.25 – ...)

Born:1946.09.10 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1975.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:2004.12.18

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (2004.11.25 – ...)

Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (71)Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (71)
(1991.04.11 – 2004.02.14)

Born:1939.04.05 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1965.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1991.05.04

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1991.04.11 – 2004.02.14)

Military Ordinary of Obispado Castrense del Ecuador (Ecuador) (2004.02.14 – ...)

Bishop Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (84)Bishop Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (84)
(1980.05.24 – 1990.06.18)

Born:1926.08.24 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1973.04.29

Auxiliary Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1973.03.30 – 1974.08.03)

Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia (1973.03.30 – 1980.05.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1974.08.03 – 1980.05.24)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1980.05.24 – 1990.06.18)

Bishop of Latacunga (Ecuador) (1990.06.18 – 2003.02.19)

Bishop Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B.
(1960.03.31 – 1980.05.24)

Born:1905.05.23 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1931.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1945.08.12
Died:1995.08.07 († 90)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1945.06.09 – 1949.12.22)

Titular Bishop of Pinara (1949.12.22 – 1960.03.31)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1960.03.31 – 1980.05.24)

Bishop Gilberto Tapia
(1957.12.10 – 1959)

Born:1914.01.02 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1942.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:1958
Died:1959 († 45)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1957.12.10 – 1959)

Former Prelates

as of 2010.08.24

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