Archdiocese of Guayaquil Archidioecesis Guayaquilensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Guayaquil |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,291.77 km2 (884.86 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 2,630,000 2,234,000 (84.9%) |
| Parishes | 164 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 29 January 1838 (Erected as Diocese) 22 January 1956 (Elevated to Archdiocese) |
| Cathedral | Catedral San Pedro |
| Secular priests | 285 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Luis Cabrera Herrera, OFM |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja |
| Bishops emeritus |
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| Map | |
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| Website | |
| arquidiocesisdeguayaquil.org.ec | |
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil (Latin: Archidioecesis Guayaquilensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
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Special churches
- Minor Basilica:
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Merced in Guayaquil
Leadership
- Bishops of Guayaquil
- Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa (1838 – 5 Sep 1851), appointed Archbishop of Quito
- Tomás Aguirre (22 Jul 1861 – 14 May 1868)
- José María Lizarzabaru y Borja, SJ (22 Nov 1869 – 17 Oct 1877)
- Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin, SJ (13 Nov 1884 – 1909)
- Juan María Riera, OP (19 Jan 1912 – 20 Nov 1915)
- Andrés Machado, SJ (26 Apr 1916 – 22 Jan 1926)
- Carlos María Javier de la Torre (20 Dec 1926 – 8 Sep 1933), appointed Archbishop of Quito (Cardinal in 1953)
- Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, SJ (16 Dec 1937 – 2 Aug 1954)
- Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral* (11 Oct 1954 – 11 Mar 1969)
- Became archbishop on 22 Jan 1956
- Archbishops of Guayaquil
- Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, OFM (10 Apr 1969 – 7 Dec 1989); elevated to Cardinal in 1994
- Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (7 Dec 1989 – 7 May 2003)
- Antonio Arregui Yarza (7 May 2003 – 24 Sep 2015)
- Luís Cabrera Herrera, OFM (24 Sep 2015 – present)
- Coadjutor archbishop
- Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (1988-1989)
- Auxiliary bishops
- Luis Tola y Avilés (1863-1871), appointed Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio)
- Silvio Luis Haro Alvear (1950-1955), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
- José Gabriel Diaz Cueva (1964-1967), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca
- Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (1967-1969), appointed Bishop of Ambato
- Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, SDB (1967-1970 and, as Archbishop (personal title), 1980-1984), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cuenca in 1970
- Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1972-1975), appointed Bishop of Azogues; future Cardinal
- Hugolino Felix Cerasuolo Stacey, OFM (1975-1985), appointed Bishop of Loja
- Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, SJ (1978-1986), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Quito
- Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, MCCJ (1990-2001)
- Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, OFM (1990-2003)
- Aníbal Nieto Guerra, OCD (2006-2009), appointed Bishop of San Jacinto de Yaguachi
- Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo (2006-2012), appointed Bishop of Babahoyo
- Valter Dario Maggi (2008-2011), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
- Guido Iván Minda Chalá (2009-2022)
- Giovanni Battista Piccioli (2013-2022)
- Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler (2013-2015), appointed Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
- Antonio Crameri, SSC (2019-2021)
- Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja (since 2021)
- Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Eduardo José Castillo Pino, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo in 2012
Suffragan dioceses
See also
Sources
| Province of Cuenca | |
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| Province of Guayaquil | |
| Province of Portoviejo | |
| Province of Quito | |
| Sui iuris jurisdictions |
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