Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Guaranda
latin= Dioecesis Guarandensis
country= Ecuador| metropolitan= Quito
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Catedral San Pedro
cocathedral =
area= 3,336
population= 188,500
population_as_of= 2006
catholics= 162,100
catholics_percent= 86.0
bishop= Ángel Polibio Sánchez Loayza
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda {Latin: " Guaranden(sis)"} is a diocese located in the city of Guaranda in the Ecclesiastical province of Quito in Ecuador.
History
* December 29, 1957: Established as Diocese of Guaranda from the Diocese of Riobamba
pecial Churches
*National Shrine:
** Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora María Natividad del Guayco, Parroquia la Magdalena, Bolívar
("National Shrine of the Nativity of Our Lady")
Leadership
* Bishops of Guaranda (Roman rite)
** Bishop Ángel Polibio Sánchez Loayza (2004.11.25 – present)
** Bishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (1991.04.11 – 2004.02.14)
** Bishop Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (1980.05.24 – 1990.06.18)
** Bishop Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B. (1960.03.31 – 1980.05.24)
** Bishop Gilberto Tapia (1957.12.10 – 1959)
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/guar1.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgurn.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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