Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil

Archdiocese of Guayaquil Archidioecesis Guayaquilensis
Location
Country	Ecuador
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Guayaquil
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	3,357,000 3,022,000
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	January 29, 1838 (Erected as Diocese) January 22, 1956 (Elevated to Archdiocese)
Cathedral	Cathedral of San Pedro
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Archbishop	Antonio Arregui Yarza Archbishop of Guayaquil
Auxiliary Bishop	Valter Dario Maggi Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil Guido Iván Minda Chalá Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil Marco Pérez Caicedo Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil
Website
iglesiacatolicaguayaquil.org

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil (Latin: Archidioecesis Guayaquilensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador.

Special churches

• Minor Basilica:
  • Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Merced in Guayaquil

Leadership

Bishops of Guayaquil

• Francisco Xavier de Garaycos (1838 - 5 Sep 1851)
• Tomás Aguirre (1861 - 1868)
• José María Lizarzabaru, S.J. (22 Nov 1869 - 1877)
• Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin, S.J. (13 Nov 1884 - 1911)
• Giovanni Maria Riesa (Riera), O.P. (19 Jan 1912 - 1915)
• Andrea Machado, S.J. (26 Apr 1916 - 22 Jan 1926)
• Carlos María Javier de la Torre (20 Dec 1926 - 8 Sep 1933)
• Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, S.J. (16 Dec 1937 - 2 Aug 1954)
• Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral* (11 Oct 1954 - 11 Mar 1969)

Archbishops of Guayaquil

• Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (10 Apr 1969 - 7 Dec 1989)
• Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (7 Dec 1989 - 7 May 2003)
• Antonio Arregui Yarza (7 May 2003 - present)

*Later became Archbishop.

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Babahoyo
• Diocese of San Jacinto de Yaguachi

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

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