The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambato (Latin: Dioecesis Ambatensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ambato in the ecclesiastical province of Quito in Ecuador.[1]
The diocese was created in 1948.[2]
In 2015, the diocese of Ambato served 499,000 local Catholics, with 98 priests, 3 deacons and 217 religious.[3]
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
Leadership
- Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (23 Oct 1949 – 10 Apr 1969), appointed Archbishop of Guayaquil; future Cardinal
- Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (4 Jul 1969 – 15 Feb 2000), appointed Archbishop of Cuenca
- Germán Trajano Pavón Puente (19 Apr 2001 – 20 Jan 2015)
- Jorge Giovanny Pazmiño Abril, O.P. (20 Jan 2015–present) [1]
References
- 1.[1.2]"Diocese of Ambato". Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoria. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- 2.(in Latín) Bula Quae ad maius, AAS 40 (1948), p. 311.
- 3."Fr Giovanny Pazmiño, OP has been appointed as the new Bishop of Ambato, Ecuador". Ordo Praedicatorum. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2026.