Roman Catholic Diocese of Loja

Diocese of Loja Dioecesis Loianus
Location
Country	Ecuador
Ecclesiastical province	Cuenca
Metropolitan	Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán
Statistics
Area	11,476 km2 (4,431 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 552,031 523,442 (94.8%)
Parishes	78
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	29 December 1862 (161 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Loja (Latin: Dioecesis Loianus) is a diocese located in the city of Loja in the ecclesiastical province of Cuenca in Ecuador. It was erected on 29 December 1862 from territory of the Diocese of Cuenca.

Ordinaries

• José María Massia, O.F.M. (17 Sep 1875 – 1902)
• Juan José Antonio Eguiguren-Escudero (6 Mar 1907 – 15 Jan 1911)
• Carlos María Javier de la Torre (30 Dec 1911 – 21 Aug 1919), appointed Bishop of Bolivar; future Cardinal
• Guillermo José Harris Morales (7 May 1920 – 1944)
• Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus (23 Oct 1945 – 10 Oct 1956)
• Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. (10 Oct 1956 – 24 Jun 1963)
• Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga (2 Nov 1963 – 21 Sep 1972)
• Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. (11 Dec 1972 – 2 May 1985)
• Hugolino Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M. (2 May 1985 – 15 Jun 2007)
• Julio Parrilla Díaz (18 Apr 2008 – 12 January 2013)
• Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B. (20 December 2013 – 5 April 2019), appointed Archbishop of Quito
• Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M. (31 Oct 2019 - )

Special churches

• National Shrine: Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Cisne in El Cisne

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy