Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil
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Archdiocese of Guayaquil
Archidioecesis Guayaquilensis
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Cathedral of St. Peter
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| Location | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Guayaquil |
| Statistics | |
| Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 3,357,000 3,022,000 (90%) |
| Parishes | 221 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 29 January 1838 (Erected as Diocese) 22 January 1956 (Elevated to Archdiocese) |
| Cathedral | Catedral San Pedro |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Antonio Arregui Yarza |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Guido Iván Minda Chalá |
| Emeritus Bishops | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| Map | |
| File:Ecuador - Arcidiocesi di Guayaquil.jpg | |
| 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
Ordinaries
Bishops of Guayaquil
- Francisco Xavier de Garaycos (1838 - 5 Sep 1851)
- Tomás Aguirre (22 Jul 1861 - 1868)
- José María Lizarzabaru, S.J. (22 Nov 1869 - 1877)
- Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin, S.J. (13 Nov 1884 - 1909)
- Juan María Riera, O.P. (19 Jan 1912 - 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 - present)
*Become Archbishop on 22 Jan 1956
Suffragan dioceses
See also
Source
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