Roman Catholic Diocese of Loja

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Diocese of Loja
Dioecesis Loianus
Statistics
Country: Ecuador
Metropolitan: Cuenca
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 11,476 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
552,031 (2004)
523,442 (94.8%)
Ordinaries
Bishop: vacant

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.

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[edit] History

  • December 29, 1862: Established as Diocese of Loja from the Diocese of Cuenca

[edit] Special Churches

  • Minor Basillica & National Shrine:
    • Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Cisne in El Cisne

[edit] 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)

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