Diocese of Riobamba
Rivibamben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Riobamba, Ecuador
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1862
- Latin
- Rivibamben(sis)
- Patron
- sainte Barbe
- Annuario code
- 001002753
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 399,000
- Population
- 510,000
- Catholic share
- 78.2%
- Priests
- 86
- Catholics per priest
- 4,640
- Extent
- 7,014 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 57
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
- Jose Bolivar Piedra
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 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.
The province of Quito
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Quito.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of QuitoQuito
- Diocese of AmbatoAmbato
- Diocese of GuarandaGuaranda
- Diocese of IbarraIbarra
- Diocese of LatacungaLatacunga
- Diocese of TulcánTulcán
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].