Diocese of Riobamba
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Riobamba is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Riobamba, Ecuador. This diocese was erected on 29 December 1862 as the Diocese of Bolivar from territory of the Diocese of Cuenca. On 25 August 1955, it was renamed the Diocese of Riobamba.
On 28 April 2021, Pope Francis accepted the resignations of Bishop Julio Parrilla Díaz and of Coadjutor Bishop elect Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja. The diocese had been the subject of charges of financial mismanagement and notable failures of priests to maintain their vows of celibacy. The former auxiliary bishop of Cuenca, Bolivar Piedra, was named Bishop on 21 September 2022.
Bishops
Bishops of Bolivar- José Ignacio Ordóñez
- Arsenio Andrade
- Andrés Machado, S.J., appointed Bishop of Guayaquil
- Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones
- Carlos María Javier de la Torre, appointed Bishop of Guayaquil; future Cardinal
- Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo
- Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba ; see below
- Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba ; see above
- Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla
- Julio Parrilla Díaz
- Bolivar Piedra
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil in 1972; later cardinal