Fondo Documental “Monseñor Leonidas Proaño”: A Fundamental Source for the History of Chimborazo in Ecuador during the Second Half of the 20th Century

Abstract

In 1990, the diocesan documentary repository "Monseñor Leonidas Proaño" was opened to preserve the diocesan historical archive in the Diocese of Riobamba. Taita Proaño, as indigenous people know him, is known for advocating indigenous rights in Ecuador and Latin America. The purpose of this article is to show the public the existence and importance of this fund, as well as some of the topics that we can find in this historical religious archive that can be useful to those interested in understanding and reconstructing social, cultural, and church history of Chimborazo, Ecuador, during the second half of the 20th century.