Archdiocese of Guayaquil
| Archdiocese of Guayaquil | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ecuador |
| Diocesan bishop | Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera OFM |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Guido Iván Minda Chalá Giovanni Battista Piccioli Antonio Crameri SSC (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Antonio Arregui Yarza |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno OFM |
| founding | 1838 |
| surface | 14,637 km² |
| Parishes | 215 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,410,799 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 2,898,875 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 85% |
| Diocesan priest | 213 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 128 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,501 |
| Permanent deacons | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 146 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 406 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Pedro |
| address | Arzobispado Apartado 09-01-254 Calle Clemente Ballen 501 y Chimborazo Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Website | www.iglesiacatolicaguayaquil.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Babahoyo Diocese of San Jacinto de Yaguachi |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil ( Latin Archidioecesis Guayaquilensis , Spanish Arquidiócesis de Guayaquil ) is an in Ecuador located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Guayaquil .
history
The diocese of Guayaquil was established on January 29, 1838 from cessions of territory from the diocese of Quito and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On January 22, 1956, the diocese of Guayaquil was by Pope Pius XII. raised to the archbishopric. The archbishopric gave up several times in its history parts of its territory to establish new dioceses.
Bishops
Bishops of Guayaquil
- Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa , February 15, 1838-5. September 1851, then Archbishop of Quito
- Tomás Aguirre , July 22, 1861-14. May 1868
- José María Lizarzabaru SJ , November 22, 1869-17. October 1877
- Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin SJ, November 13, 1884–1909
- Juan María Riera OP , January 19, 1912-20. November 1915
- Andrés Machado SJ, April 26, 1916-22. January 1926
- Carlos María de la Torre , December 20, 1926-8. September 1933, then Archbishop of Quito
- José Felix Heredia Zurita SJ, December 16, 1937–2. August 1954
- César Antonio Mosquera Corral , October 11, 1954-22. January 1956
Archbishops of Guayaquil
- César Antonio Mosquera Corral, January 22, 1956-11. March 1969
- Cardinal Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz OFM , April 10, 1969-7. December 1989
- Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín , December 7, 1989-7. May 2003
- Antonio Arregui Yarza , May 7, 2003-24. September 2015
- Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera OFM, since September 24, 2015
See also
Web links
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