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Suffragan diocese Ambato, Ecuador

Diocese of Ambato

Ambaten(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Ambato is a Latin Church diocese in the central highlands of Ecuador, created on February 28, 1948, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Quito. It has been led by Bishop Jorge Giovanny Pazmino Abril since 2015.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Elevation, in Ambato, Ecuador.

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Established
1948
Catholics
499,000
Priests
92
Territory
3,844 km²

Parishes and churches

48 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Jorge Giovanny Pazmino Abril
Born
3 July 1965
Birthplace
Baños
Institute
FRATI PREDICATORI (DOMENICANI)

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Elevation stands in Ambato, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Created in 1948, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambato (Latin: Dioecesis Ambatensis) has its seat in the city of Ambato and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Quito in Ecuador. By 2015 it counted 499,000 local Catholics in its care, served by 98 priests, 3 deacons, and 217 religious.

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