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Suffragan diocese Loja, Ecuador

Diocese of Loja

Loian(us)

Latin Church

Latin-rite diocese seated in Loja in southern Ecuador, erected on 29 December 1862 from territory of the Diocese of Cuenca and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuenca. Its cathedral is the Catedral de Loja (El Sagrario). Bishop Walter Jehova Heras Segarra, O.F.M., has led the diocese since October 2019.

On the map

Esri
Loja, Ecuador, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1862
Catholics
523,442
Priests
150
Territory
11,476 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Walter Jehova Heras Segarra, O.F.M.

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The cathedral

Catedral de Loja stands in Loja, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Erected on 29 December 1862 from territory of the Diocese of Cuenca, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Loja (Latin: Dioecesis Loianus) has its seat in the city of Loja and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cuenca in Ecuador.

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