Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Prelatures nullius

Puerto Viejo, Diocese of

PORTO VECCHIO (PUERTO-VIEJO), DIOCESI DI

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Also known as: Spanish: Portoviejo

PORTO VECCHIO (Puerto-Viejo), DIOCESE of - Diocese and capital city of the province of Manabí in Ecuador.

It has an area of 18,923 sq km with a population of 400,000 inhabitants, of whom 380,000 are Catholics; it has 96 parishes served by 14 diocesan priests and 19 regulars; it has 1 major seminary, 4 male religious communities and 11 female ones (Ann. Pont., 1932, p. 326). The diocese was erected by Pope Pius IX in 1871 by dismemberment from the archdiocese of Quito, of which it is a suffragan.

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BIBL.: J. Moreno-Lacalle, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XII, p. 204 and Suppl., p. 596; anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., XLVI, pp. 664-65.

Enrico Josi

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Josi, Enrico. “Porto Vecchio (Puerto-Viejo), diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1814. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/porto-vecchio-puerto-viejo-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Porto Vecchio (Puerto-Viejo), diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1814. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/porto-vecchio-puerto-viejo-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Porto Vecchio (Puerto-Viejo), diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1814},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/porto-vecchio-puerto-viejo-diocesi-di}
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