Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo

Diocese of Babahoyo Dioecesis Babahoiensis
Location
Country	Ecuador
Ecclesiastical province	Guayaquil
Metropolitan	Antonio Arregui Yarza
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	Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Merced
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Marco Pérez Caicedo
Bishops emeritus	Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia Prelate Emeritus of Babahoyo
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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.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Administrator

• Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales* (13 Aug 1948 - 1957)
• Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia (1957 - 29 Nov 1963)

Prelate of Los Rios

• Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia (29 Nov 1963 - 12 May 1982)
• Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso** (28 Jun 1984 - 27 Mar 2008)

Bishops of Babahoyo

• Fausto Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (27 Mar 2008 - 11 September 2010)
• Marco Pérez Caicedo (since 10 February 2012)

*Later became the Prelate of Los Rios.
**Later became the Bishop.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

Source

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy