Diocese of San Jacinto de Yaguachi
| Diocese of San Jacinto de Yaguachi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ecuador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Guayaquil |
| Diocesan bishop | Aníbal Nieto Guerra OCD |
| founding | 2009 |
| surface | 6,265 km² |
| Parishes | 43 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 772,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 659,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 85.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 39 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,982 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 17 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 53 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Basílica Catedral San Jacinto |
The diocese of San Jacinto de Yaguachi ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Hyacinthi de Yaguachi , Spanish diócesis de San Jacinto de Yaguachi ) is in Ecuador located Roman Catholic diocese based in Yaguachi . The local ordinary Aníbal Nieto Guerra has been OCD since it was founded .
history
Pope Benedict XVI founded the diocese on November 4, 2009 from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Guayaquil , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan .