Roman Catholic Diocese of Loja
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Loja
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Loja
latin= Dioecesis Loianus
country= Ecuador| metropolitan= Cuenca
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral =
cocathedral =
area= 11,476
population= 552,031
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 523,442
catholics_percent= 94.8
bishop= "vacant"
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Loja {Latin: " Loian(us)"} is a diocese located in the city of Loja in the Ecclesiastical province of Cuenca in Ecuador.
History
* December 29, 1862: Established as Diocese of Loja from the Diocese of Cuenca
pecial Churches
*Minor Basillica & National Shrine:
** Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Cisne in El Cisne
Leadership
* Bishops of Loja (Roman rite)
** Bishop Hugolino Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M. (1985.05.02 – 2007.06.15)
** Bishop Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. (1972.12.11 – 1985.05.02)
** Bishop Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga (1963.11.02 – 1972.09.21)
** Bishop Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. (1956.10.10 – 1963.06.24)
** Bishop Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus (1945.10.23 – 1956.10.10)
** Bishop Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus (Apostolic Administrator 1937.12.16 – 1945.10.23)
** Bishop Guglielmo Harris (1920.05.07 – 1944)
** Cardinal Carlos María de la Torre (1911.12.30 – 1919.08.21)
** Bishop Juan José Antonio Eguiguren-Escudero (1907.03.06 – 1911.01.15)
** Bishop José María Massia, O.F.M. (1875.09.17 – 1902)
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/loja0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dloja.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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