Suffragan diocese Latacunga, Ecuador
Diocese of Latacunga
Latacungen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese seated in Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador, erected on 5 December 1963 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Quito. Its cathedral is the Catedral San Jose in Latacunga. Bishop Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado has led the diocese since November 2016.
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- Established
- 1963
- Catholics
- 300,000
- Priests
- 49
- Territory
- 5,093 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado
- Born
- 30 November 1962
- Birthplace
- Cotacachi
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The cathedral
Catedral San Jose, Latacunga stands in Latacunga, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
The city of Latacunga in Ecuador is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese of the same name (Latin: Dioecesis Latacungensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Quito.