Suffragan diocese Babahoyo, Ecuador
Diocese of Babahoyo
Babahoien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Los Rios Province, Ecuador, with its seat in the city of Babahoyo. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil. Its cathedral is the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Merced (Our Lady of Mercy Cathedral), and the current bishop is Skiper Bladimir Yanez Calvachi.
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- Established
- 1948
- Catholics
- 555,000
- Priests
- 43
- Territory
- 6,531 km²
Parishes and churches
20 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Iglesia Beata Mercedes de JesúsTown not recordedView parish
- Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Carmen de MocacheMocacheView parish
- Iglesia Nuestra Sra. del Carmen CataramaCataramaView parish
- Iglesia Perpetuo Socorro VincesVincesView parish
- Iglesia Sagrado Corazón de VentanasVentanasView parish
- Iglesia San Antonio de la VenusLa VenusView parish
- Iglesia San CristóbalTown not recordedView parish
- Iglesia San Francisco de Asís de PuebloviejoPuebloviejoView parish
- Iglesia San Francisco de Asís de ValenciaValenciaView parish
- Iglesia San José de QuevedoQuevedoView parish
- Iglesia San Juan Bautista de PuebloviejoPuebloviejoView parish
- Iglesia San Lorenzo de QuinsalomaQuinsalomaView parish
- Iglesia San Lorenzo de VincesVincesView parish
- Iglesia San Nicolás de PalenquePalenqueView parish
- Iglesia San Pedro de RicaurteRicaurteView parish
- Iglesia Santuario Divino NiñoTown not recordedView parish
- Iglesia Santísima Trinidad GuayacánGuayacánView parish
- Iglesia Virgen del Cisne de Patricia PilarPatricia PilarView parish
- San Jacinto de Buena FeBuena FeView parish
- Santa Rosa de Lima de San CarlosSan CarlosView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Skiper Bladimir Yanez Calvachi
- Born
- 5 February 1972
- Birthplace
- Macachi
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Merced, Babahoyo stands in Babahoyo, 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.
History
The city of Babahoyo in Ecuador is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo (Latin: Dioecesis Babahoiensis), a see within the ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil.