The Roman Catholic Diocese of Latacunga () is a
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
located in the city of
Latacunga
Latacunga (; Quechua: Latakunga) is a plateau city of Ecuador, capital of the Cotopaxi Province, south of Quito, near the confluence of the Alaquez and Cutuchi rivers to form the Patate, the headstream of the Pastaza. At the time of census ...
in the
ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consist ...
of
Quito
Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ...
in
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
.
Bishops
Ordinaries
*Benigno Chiriboga,
S.J. (5 Dec 1963 – 3 Dec 1968)
*José Mario Ruiz Navas (5 Dec 1968 – 6 Aug 1989), appointed Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio)
*Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (18 Jun 1990 – 19 Feb 2003)
*José Victoriano Naranjo Tovar (19 Feb 2003 – 30 Nov 2016)
*
Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado (30 Nov 2016–present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
*
Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil, appointed Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados in 2002
Sources
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Quito
Christian organizations established in 1963
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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