Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil

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Ecclesiastical province Province of Guayaquil Denomination Roman Catholic Area 18,711 km² Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza		Parishes 221 Rite Latin Rite Country Ecuador Auxiliary bishop Guido Iván Minda Chalá

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)3,357,0003,022,000 (90%) Established 29 January 1838 (Erected as Diocese)22 January 1956 (Elevated to Archdiocese) Emeritus bishop Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno

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

Ordinaries

Bishops of Guayaquil

Francisco Xavier de Garaycos (1838 - 5 Sep 1851)

Tomás Aguirre (22 Jul 1861 - 14 May 1868)

José María Lizarzabaru y Borja, S.J. (22 Nov 1869 - 17 Oct 1877)

Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin, S.J. (13 Nov 1884 - 1909)

Juan María Riera, O.P. (19 Jan 1912 - 20 Nov 1915)

Andrés 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 - 24 Sep 2015)

Luís Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (24 Sep 2015–present)

*Became Archbishop on 22 Jan 1956

Suffragan dioceses

Diocese of Babahoyo

Diocese of San Jacinto de Yaguachi

References

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil Wikipedia

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