Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo (Latin: Dioecesis Babahoiensis) is a diocese located in the city of Babahoyo in the Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil in Ecuador.

Diocese of Babahoyo Dioecesis Babahoiensis
Location
Country	Ecuador
Ecclesiastical province	Guayaquil
Statistics
Area	6,531 km^2 (2,522 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 751,000 555,000 (73.9%)
Parishes	21
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	15 July 1948 (Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Los Ríos) 10 September 1951 (Promoted as Territorial Prelature) 22 August 1994 (Promoted as Diocese of Babahoyo)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Merced
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Skiper Bladimir Yáñez Calvachi
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Ordinaries

Apostolic Administrator

• Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales (13 Aug 1948 – 1957), never consecrated bishop
• Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia (1957 – 29 Nov 1963); see immed. below

Prelate of Los Rios

• Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia (29 Nov 1963 – 12 May 1982); consecrated bishop at this time; see immed. above
• Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso (28 Jun 1984 – 22 Aug 1994); see immed. below

Bishops of Babahoyo

• Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso (22 Aug 1994 – 27 Mar 2008); see immed. above
• Fausto Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (27 Mar 2008 – 11 September 2010), appointed Archbishop of Quito
• Marco Pérez Caicedo (10 February 2012 - 20 June 2016), appointed Archbishop of Cuenca
• Skiper Bladimir Yáñez Calvachi (27 Mar 2018 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy