Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Babahoyo
latin= Dioecesis Babahoiensis
country= Ecuador| metropolitan= Guayaquil
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral =
cocathedral =
area= 6,531
population= 730,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 635,000
catholics_percent= 87.0
bishop= Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo {Latin: " Babahoien(sis)"} is a diocese located in the city of Babahoyo in the Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
History
* July 15, 1948: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Los Ríos from the Diocese of Guayaquil
* September 10, 1951: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Los Ríos
* August 22, 1994: Promoted as Diocese of Babahoyo
Leadership
* Bishops of Babahoyo (Roman rite)
** Bishop Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso (1994.08.22 – present)
* Prelates of Los Ríos (Roman rite)
** Bishop Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso (1984.06.28 – 1994.08.22)
** Bishop Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia (1963.11.29 – 1982.05.12)
** Bishop Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia (Apostolic Administrator 1957 – 1963.11.29)
** Fr. Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales (Apostolic Administrator 1948.08.13 – 1957)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Ecuador
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/baba0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbaba.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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