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 | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Ecuador |
| Ecclesiastical province | Guayaquil |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,531 km2 (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 | Our Lady of Mercy Cathedral, Babahoyo |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Skiper Bladimir Yáñez Calvachi |
| Map | |
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Ordinaries
edit- Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales (13 Aug 1948 – 1957), never consecrated bishop
- Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia (1957 – 29 Nov 1963); see below
Prelate of Los Rios
- Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia (29 Nov 1963 – 12 May 1982); consecrated bishop at this time; see above
- Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso (28 Jun 1984 – 22 Aug 1994); see below
Bishops of Babahoyo
- Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso (22 Aug 1994 – 27 Mar 2008); see 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
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