Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Riobamba (Bolívar), Diocese of

RIOBAMBA (BOLIVAR), DIOCESI DI

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RIOBAMBA (BOLÍVAR), DIOCESE OF. - City and diocese east-northeast of Guayaquil (Ecuador, South America).

The diocese covers a territory of 11,015 sq km, with a total population of 374,000 inhabitants, of whom 373,000 are Catholics; it has 40 parishes, 54 diocesan priests and 40 religious, and 10 seminarians.

The diocese of R., a suffragan of Quito, was elevated to a diocese by Pius IX on 5 January 1863. The ancient city of R. was the capital of the Kingdom of Puruha before the Inca conquest, but it was destroyed in 1533. It was again ruined by an earthquake in 1797 (4 February) and then rebuilt on its present site.

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BIBL.: Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 339; Mac Erlean, s. v., in Cath. Enc., XIII, p. 61; Ruben Vargas Ugarte, Historia del culto de María en Iberoamerica y de sus imágenes y santuarios más celebrados, 2nd ed., Buenos Aires 1947, p. 454 ff.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 947.

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Carrière, Gastone. “Riobamba (Bolivar), diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 947. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/riobamba-bolivar-diocesi-di.

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Carrière, Gastone. “Riobamba (Bolivar), diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 947. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/riobamba-bolivar-diocesi-di.

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  title     = {Riobamba (Bolivar), diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
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