Suffragan diocese Tulcán, Ecuador
Diocese of Tulcán
Tulcanen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese seated in Tulcan, Carchi Province, in the northern Ecuadorian highlands on the Colombian border. Established on 17 March 1965, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Quito. Bishop Carlos Washington Yepez Naranjo has led the diocese since May 2023.
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- Established
- 1965
- Catholics
- 176,000
- Priests
- 46
- Territory
- 3,699 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral San MiguelTulcán · CathedralView parish
- Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Gruta de La PazLa PazView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Carlos Washington Yepez Naranjo
- Born
- 15 October 1972
- Birthplace
- Pallatanga
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The cathedral
Catedral de San Miguel Arcángel stands in Tulcán, 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
Tulcán, a city in Ecuador, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese of the same name (Latin: Dioecesis Tulcanensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Quito.