Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Guayaquil / Guayaquilen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Babahoyo, Daule, San Jacinto, Santa Elena
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅
Metropolitan Archbishop (2015.09.24 – ...): | Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (68) President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador |
Auxiliary Bishop (2021.10.23 – ...): | Bishop Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja (60) Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia |
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.06.03 – ...): | Bishop Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar (59) Titular Bishop of Glavinitza |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Guayaquil (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
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Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza (84) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
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Archbishop Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín
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Archbishop Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral
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Bishops of Guayaquil (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, S.J.
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Bishop Carlos María Javier de la Torre (later Cardinal)
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Bishop Andrea Machado, S.J.
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Bishop Juan María Riesa, O.P.
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Bishop Isidorus Barriga | ||||||||||||
Bishop Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin, S.J.
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Bishop José María Lizarzabaru, S.J.
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Bishop José Tomás Aguirre y Anzoategui
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Bishop Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa Llaguno (later Archbishop)
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Area: 2,292 km²
Population: 2,234,000 Catholics (84.9% of 2,630,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 164 parishes
Personnel: 285 priests (175 diocesan, 110 religious), 81 religious (81 sisters)
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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