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Catholic Church in Ecuador

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The Catholic Church in Ecuador comprises only a Latin hierarchy, united in a national episcopal conference, which comprises :

The Metropolitan Archbishopric of Quito is the Primatial see of Ecuador.[2]

There is an Apostolic Nunciature as papal diplomatic representation (embassy level), in national capital Quito.

There are no Eastern Catholic jurisdictions and no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees.

Current Latin sees

The boundaries of the 24 administrative provinces of Ecuador mostly coincide with the boundaries of most territorial ecclesiastical jurisdictions.

Exempt jurisdictions

These are directly dependent on the Holy See.

Military Ordinariate

Apostolic Vicariates

Ecclesiastical province of Quito

Ecclesiastical province of Cuenca

Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil

Ecclesiastical province of Portoviejo

See also

References

  1. ^ "División Eclesiástica del Ecuador" (in Spanish). Catholic Church in Ecuador. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Archbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez" (in Spanish). Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2013.