Loja, Diocese of

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• Diocese of Loja —     Diocese of Loja     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Diocese of Loja     (Lojana), suffragan of Quito, Ecuador, includes the greater part of the Provinces of Loja and El Oro. It thus occupies the southwestern portion of Ecuador, lying between the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Loja, Ecuador — This article is about the city. For the province, see Loja Province. For the canton, see Loja (canton). For other places named Loja, see Loja (disambiguation). Loja …   Wikipedia

• Loja — /law hah/, n. a city in S Ecuador. 46,697. * * * ▪ Ecuador       principal city of far southern Ecuador, on a small plain at the northwestern foot of the Cordillera de Zamora of the Andes, near the junction of the Zamora and Malacatos rivers.… …   Universalium

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Loja — Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese name= Loja latin= Dioecesis Loianus country= Ecuador| metropolitan= Cuenca rite=Latin Rite cathedral = cocathedral = area= 11,476 population= 552,031 population as of= 2004 catholics= 523,442 catholics… …   Wikipedia

• Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja — Infobox University name = Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja motto = Memento Ascendere Semper (It s always time to advance), Decide ser más (Decide to be more) established = 1971 type = Private University chancellor= P. Luis Miguel Romero… …   Wikipedia

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Machala — Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese name= Machala latin= Dioecesis Machalensis country= Ecuador| metropolitan= Cuenca rite=Latin Rite cathedral = cocathedral = area= 5,819 population= 512,000 population as of= 2004 catholics= 485,000 catholics… …   Wikipedia

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) — The Roman Catholic church in its entirety contains over 3,000 dioceses, 800 archdioceses as well as military ordinaries, Apostolic vicariates, and prefectures around the world. This is a structural list to show the relationships of each diocese… …   Wikipedia

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in South America — List of Dioceses: = Antilles Episcopal ConferenceEcclesiastical Province of Port of Spain*Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne *Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown *Roman Catholic Diocese of ParamariboEpiscopal Conference of ArgentinaEcclesiastical …   Wikipedia

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador — The Roman Catholic Church in Ecuador comprises four ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 11 dioceses and 4 archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. There are also one… …   Wikipedia

• Alonso de Montúfar — Born in Loja, Andalusia, Spain c. 1489, died in Mexico City, March 7, 1572. Archbishop of Mexico 1551 1572.Following the chronicler Gil González Dávila some authors give the year 1498 as Montúfar s year of birth, however, González Dávila… …   Wikipedia