Military Ordinariate of Ecuador

Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Ecuador

Military Ordinariate of Ecuador

Obispado Castrense del Ecuador

Location
Country| Ecuador
Information
Denomination| Catholic Church
Sui iuris church| Latin Church
Rite| Roman Rite
Established| 30 March 1983 (42 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Bishop| vacant

The  Military Ordinariate of Ecuador  (Spanish: Obispado Castrense del Ecuador) is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church in Ecuador. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and its Roman Congregation for Bishops. It is headquartered at Apartado 17-03-758, Av. América 1830 y Mercadillo in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. It provides pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Ecuadorian Armed Forces and their families.

## Statistics

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As of 2014[update], the ordinariate had 118 missions with 60 priests (50 diocesan, 10 religious) and 10 lay religious (brothers).

## History

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It was established as Military vicariate of Ecuador on 30 March 1983, with the first military vicar appointment on 5 August 1983.

It was elevated to Military ordinariate on 21 July 1986, the incumbent accordingly promoted.

## Ordinaries

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(all Roman Rite) [1]

Military Vicar of Ecuador

* Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (5 August 1983 – 21 July 1986 see below), Titular Bishop of (Herceg) Novi (1983.08.05 – 1988.03.25); previously Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1969.05.17 – 1980.06.28?) and Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari (1969.05.17 – 1980.06.28), next Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1980.06.28 – 1983.08.05)

Military Ordinaries of Ecuador

* Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (see above 21 July 1986 – 7 December 1989), also Coadjutor Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1988.03.25 – 1989.12.07); next succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (1989.12.07 – retired 2003.05.07), died 2006
* Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (8 July 1989 – 21 March 2003), Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1989.07.08 – 1998.03.07); previously Titular Bishop of Ausafa (1972.04.20 – 1975.04.29) as Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (1972.04.20 – 1975.04.29) and then Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (1975.04.29 – 1989.07.08); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (2003.03.21 – 2010.09.11), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (2010.11.20 [2010.11.28] – ...)
* Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (14 February 2004 – retired 18 June 2014); previously Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1991.04.11 – 2004.02.14)
* Segundo René Coba Galarza (18 June 2014 – 12 December 2019), also Secretary General of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2014.05.08 – ...); previously Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena (2006.06.07 – 2014.06.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of above Quito (2006.06.07 – 2014.06.18); next Bishop of Ibarra (2019.12.12 - ...)

## See also

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* Catholicism portal

* List of Catholic dioceses in Honduras

## References

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1. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ecua0.htm GCatholic

## Sources and external links

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* GCatholic - Obispado Castrense del Ecuador with incumbent bio links
* Military Ordinariate of Ecuador (Catholic-Hierarchy)

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