- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil
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Archdiocese of Guayaquil
Archidioecesis GuayaquilensisLocation Country Ecuador Ecclesiastical province Province of Guayaquil Statistics Population
- Total
- Catholics
3,357,000
3,022,000Information 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 GuayaquilAuxiliary 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 GuayaquilWebsite iglesiacatolicaguayaquil.org The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil (Latin: Archidioecesis Guayaquilensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
Contents
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
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