List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador

The following is a list of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador.

The Roman Catholic Church in Ecuador has 15 dioceses, four archdioceses and 11 dioceses, set into four ecclesiastical provinces; each province is headed by an archbishop. There are also eight Vicariate Apostolic and one Military Ordinariate in Ecuador.[1] The boundaries of the provinces of Ecuador are usually used to determine the boundaries of most territorial dioceses. The Primate of Ecuador is Fausto Trávez Trávez, the Archbishop of Quito.[2]

Ecclesiastical province of Cuenca

Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil

Ecclesiastical province of Portoviejo

Ecclesiastical province of Quito

Apostolic Vicariates

Military Ordinariate

References

  1. ↑ "División Eclesiástica del Ecuador" (in Spanish). Catholic Church in Ecuador. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Archbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez" (in Spanish). Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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