About the Diocese of Central Ecuador
The Episcopal Church of Ecuador is constituent member of the Anglican Comunión, that this within the One, Holy, Apostolic Catholic and who maintains and propagates the expressed historical faith and order in Libro de Common Oracio'n. This is in total comunión with the seat of Canterbury and therefore, in Ecuador, it is the only official Church of the Anglican Comunión.
Ecclesiastically it is integral part of the Episcopal Church like misionera diocese; comprising of the Ninth Province next to the dioceses of the Coast, Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Puerto Rico.
The origins of the Anglican Church in Ecuador go back at the beginning of 20th century, brought by the workers of an anglian-Ecuadorian oil company, taking shape in a chaplaincy offered from Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was in 1956 when transfer the jurisdiction to the Episcopal Church of the United States that immediately placed it under the Bishop of Panama and soon under the Bishop of Colombia, until in 1970 this got to be a diocese with its own Bishop, the Rvdmo Adrián Cáceres. The misionera strategy as of that moment according to the Dr Milmine went the attention to the poor natives and the opening of university extensions and of superior education, their goals were the evangelización for which he considered had to exist temples, the mayordomía, the service, the comunión, the autonomy, the proclamation and the liturgy.
Although at first its geographic extension included/understood all the Ecuadorian territory, nevertheless, in its yearning of expansion caused that in 1986 it was subdivided in two dioceses, the one of Central Ecuador including/understanding the regions of the mountain range, amazonía and some provinces of the coast. And the diocese of the Coast, with the provinces coastal of the Ecuadorian Pacific of Guayas, Manabí and the Rivers.
After the Retirement and retirement of Cáceres Bishop, the Diocese of central Ecuador, passage to the care and pasturing of the Rvdmo. Neptalí Larrea, Second Diocesano Bishop. Who after being detected faults on his administration finally was demoted in 2005, by the President and Primate of the Episcopal Church Rvdmo. Frank Griswold. Being left the Diocese without its main shepherd and in the administrative part under the responsibility of the Permanent Committee, under the presidency of the Rvdo. Flavio Saccarola. During a long period of transition the Diocesana Convention asked for the pastoral attendance of bishops friends like the Rvdmo. Glauco Soares of Lima of the Anglican Church of Brazil and later of the Rvdmo. Trimming Guerrero of the Diocese of Venezuela. Until finally the Extraordinary Convention of the Celebrated Diocese the month of March of the 2006 authorizes the presence of Rvdmo Bishop. Wilfrido Branches bishop supporting of the Diocese of Connecticut like bishop designated to the Diocese of Central Ecuador with all the attributions of diocesano bishop; act that was ratified by the Camera of Bishops reunited in the Center of Conferences of Kanuga the 22 of March of the same year. After presenting/displaying his resignation like Sufragáneo Bishop of the Diocese of Conetcticut the 31 of May of the 2006, the bishop Branches finally assumes his new position the 01 of June of the 2006.
At the moment, the Diocese of Central Ecuador is conformed by a total of 32 missions, 16 legitimately ordered clergymen in good condition active, of them four are women, a retired presbítero and four mesoneros. The diocesano Bishop is the Rvmo. Wilfrido Branches.
Their offices are located in the
Diocesano Center of the city of Quito
street Francisco Sarmiento no. 39-54 and Portete, sector the Fulling mill.
Telephones: 2456-948/2271-627/2254-173
email: ecuadorepiscopalchurch@latinmail.com.
