Suffragan diocese Riobamba, Ecuador
Diocese of Riobamba
Rivibamben(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese seated in Riobamba, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Quito. Erected on 29 December 1862 as the Diocese of Bolivar from territory of the Diocese of Cuenca and renamed Diocese of Riobamba on 25 August 1955. Its cathedral is the Catedral de San Pedro; Bishop Jose Bolivar Piedra has led the diocese since September 2022.
On the map
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- Established
- 1862
- Catholics
- 399,000
- Priests
- 86
- Territory
- 7,014 km²
Parishes and churches
51 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- LA CATEDRALTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- ACHUPALLASTown not recordedView parish
- ALAUSÍTown not recordedView parish
- BAYUSHIG-PENIPETown not recordedView parish
- CAJABAMBATown not recordedView parish
- CALPITown not recordedView parish
- CEBADASTown not recordedView parish
- CHAMBOTown not recordedView parish
- CHUNCHITown not recordedView parish
- COLUMBETown not recordedView parish
- CUBIJÍESTown not recordedView parish
- CUMANDÁTown not recordedView parish
- EL ROSARIOTown not recordedView parish
- ESPÍRITU SANTOTown not recordedView parish
- GUAMOTETown not recordedView parish
- GUANOTown not recordedView parish
- GUASUNTOSTown not recordedView parish
- HUIGRATown not recordedView parish
- IGLESIA QUIMIAGTown not recordedView parish
- LA DOLOROSATown not recordedView parish
- LA MATRIZTown not recordedView parish
- LA MERCEDTown not recordedView parish
- LICTOTown not recordedView parish
- PALLATANGATown not recordedView parish
- PALMIRA-TIXÁNTown not recordedView parish
- PANGORTown not recordedView parish
- PENIPETown not recordedView parish
- PUNGALÁTown not recordedView parish
- PUNÍNTown not recordedView parish
- REY DE REYESTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jose Bolivar Piedra
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The cathedral
Catedral de San Pedro, Riobamba stands in Riobamba, 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
When it was erected on 29 December 1862 from territory of the Diocese of Cuenca, this Ecuadorian see was called the Diocese of Bolivar (Latin: Dioecesis Bolivarensis). It took its present name, the Diocese of Riobamba (Latin: Dioecesis Rivibambensis), on 25 August 1955, and is seated in Riobamba. On 28 April 2021, Pope Francis accepted the resignations of Bishop Julio Parrilla Díaz and of Coadjutor Bishop elect Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja.