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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

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 3,357,000 3,022,000 (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.

Contents

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