Diocese of Azogues
Azoguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Azogues, Ecuador
Latin rite diocese in Canar Province, Ecuador, created on 26 June 1968 by Pope Paul VI from territory of the Archdiocese of Cuenca, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Catedral San Francisco in Azogues. Bishop Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera has led the diocese since 25 June 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 June 1968
- Latin
- Azoguen(sis)
- Patron
- Corazón Inmaculado de María
- Annuario code
- 001000770
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 208,000
- Population
- 210,000
- Catholic share
- 99.0%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 5,778
- Extent
- 4,515 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 46
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera
- Born
- 2 August 1966
- Birthplace
- Cuenca (Ecuador)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral San Francisco, Azogues stands in Azogues, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cuenca
A suffragan of Cuenca.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CuencaCuenca
- Diocese of LojaLoja
- Diocese of MachalaMachala
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
By a papal bull of Pope Paul VI dated 26 June 1968, territory was taken from the Archdiocese of Cuenca to form the Roman Catholic Diocese of Azogues (Latin: Dioecesis Azoguensis). Its seat is the city of Azogues, within the ecclesiastical province of Cuenca in Ecuador.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].