Diocese of

Tulcán

Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 3,784 km²

Population: 147,660 Catholics (82.6% of 178,662 total) (2018)

Statistics: 25 parishes, 37 priests (34 diocesan, 3 religious), 71 lay religious (5 brothers, 66 sisters), 8 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Quito

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ibarra (↙), Esmeraldas (←), Tumaco (↖), Pasto (↗), San Miguel de Sucumbíos (↘)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

History

1965.03.17: Established as Diocese of Tulcán / Tulcanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ibarra)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Miguel, Tulcán, Carchi
National Shrine: Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Gruta de La Paz, La Paz, Carchi

Ibarra (↙), Esmeraldas (←), Tumaco (↖), Pasto (↗), San Miguel de Sucumbíos (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2021.08.06 – ...):

Bishop Vicente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto (59)

Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tulcán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vicente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto (59)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.08.06 – ...)

Fr. Luis Bernardino Núñez Villacís (58)
(2021.07.05 – 2021.08.06 not possessed)

Bishop emeritus of Tulcán (Ecuador)

Born:	1963.05.27 (San Juan Bautista de Ambato, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1990.06.29

Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador) (2021.07.05 – 2021.08.06 not possessed)

Bishop Vicente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto (59)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.06.08 – 2021.07.05)

Bishop Fausto Feliciano Gaibor García
(2011.05.03 – 2021.06.04)

Born:	1952.01.24 (Guaranda, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1981.01.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.12.02
Died:	2021.06.04 (Tulcán, Ecuador † 69)

Titular Bishop of Naraggara (2006.10.31 – 2011.05.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Riobamba (Ecuador) (2006.10.31 – 2011.05.03)

Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador) (2011.05.03 – 2021.06.04)

Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. (78)
(2002.06.15 – 2010.02.22)

Bishop emeritus of Machala (Ecuador)

Born:	1943.07.27 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1975.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.27

Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador) (2002.06.15 – 2010.02.22)

Bishop of Machala (Ecuador) (2010.02.22 – 2012.10.22)

Bishop Germán Trajano Pavón Puente (84)
(1989.01.28 – 2001.04.19)

Bishop emeritus of Ambato (Ecuador)

Born:	1936.10.28 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.02.25

Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador) (1989.01.28 – 2001.04.19)

Bishop of Ambato (Ecuador) (2001.04.19 – 2015.01.20)

Bishop Luis Clemente de la Vega Rodriguez
(1965.03.17 – 1987.05.04)

Born:	1921.08.29 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.05.26
Died:	1987.05.04 († 65)

Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador) (1965.03.17 – 1987.05.04)

as of 2021.09.23

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