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Apostolic Vicariate of

Méndez

Ecuador Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Méndez / Mendezen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Cuenca (↙), Azogues (←), Riobamba (↖), Ambato (↖), Puyo (↑), Iquitos (→), Yurimaguas (↘), Zamora (↓), Jaén en Perú (↓)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2008.04.15 – ...):Bishop Néstor Vidal Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B. (65)Bishop Néstor Vidal Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B. (65)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Mauretania

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Méndez (Roman Rite)

Bishop Néstor Vidal Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B. (65)Bishop Néstor Vidal Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B. (65)
(2008.04.15 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador)
Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Mauretania

Born:1957.04.29 (El Pan, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1986.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:2008.06.21

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Mauretania (2008.04.15 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador) (2008.04.15 – ...)

Bishop Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B. (91)Bishop Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B. (91)
(1993.07.01 – 2008.04.15)

Titular Bishop of Taparura
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Méndez (Ecuador)

Born:1931.03.17 (Pove del Grappa, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1962.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1993.09.19

Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador) (1993.07.01 – 2008.04.15)

Titular Bishop of Taparura (1993.07.01 – ...)

Bishop Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B.
(1981.01.24 – 1993.07.01)

Born:1929.07.21 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1958.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:1981.04.26
Died:2000.10.13 († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador) (1981.01.24 – 1993.07.01)

Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus (1981.01.24 – 2000.10.13)

Bishop José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B.
(1963.08.17 – 1981.01.24)

Born:1903.05.18 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1930.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:1959.04.05
Died:1987.11.19 († 84)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador) (1958.11.13 – 1963.08.17)

Titular Bishop of Phoba (1958.11.13 – 1987.11.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador) (1963.08.17 – 1981.01.24)

Bishop Domenico Comin, S.D.B.
(1951.04.12 – 1963.08.17)

Born:1874.09.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1900.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:1920.10.17
Died:1963.08.17 († 88)

Vicar Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza (Ecuador) (1920.03.05 – 1951.04.12)

Titular Bishop of Obba (1920.03.05 – 1963.08.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador) (1951.04.12 – 1963.08.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza (Roman Rite)

Bishop Domenico Comin, S.D.B.
(1920.03.05 – 1951.04.12)

(see above)

Bishop Santiago Costamagna, S.D.B.
(1895.03.18 – 1919)

Born:1846.03.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1868.06
Consecrated Bishop:1895.05.23
Died:1921.12.09 († 75)

Vicar Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza (Ecuador) (1895.03.18 – 1919)

Titular Bishop of Colonia (1895.03.18 – 1921.12.09)

Former Prelates

Statistics

Area: 25,690 km²

Population: 138,100 Catholics (83.5% of 165,400 total) (2020)

Statistics: 23 parishes, 12 missions, 44 priests (16 diocesan, 28 religious), 20 deacons, 124 lay religious (32 brothers, 92 sisters), 6 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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