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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Guayaquil

Ecuador Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Area: 14,637 km²

Population: 2,898,875 Catholics (85.0% of 3,410,799 total) (2015)

Suffragan Sees: Babahoyo, San Jacinto

Neighbouring Dioceses: Galápagos (←), Portoviejo (↑), Santo Domingo (↑), Babahoyo (↗), San Jacinto (→)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Statistics: 215 parishes, 920 missions, 341 priests (213 diocesan, 128 religious), 19 deacons, 552 lay religious (146 brothers, 406 sisters), 42 seminarians (2015)

Website: Link

History

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Galápagos (←), Portoviejo (↑), Santo Domingo (↑), Babahoyo (↗), San Jacinto (→)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2015.09.24 – ...):Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (63)Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (63)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador

Auxiliary Bishop (2009.11.04 – ...):Bishop Guido Iván Minda Chalá (58)Bishop Guido Iván Minda Chalá (58)

Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia

Auxiliary Bishop (2013.10.26 – ...):Bishop Giovanni Battista Piccioli (61)Bishop Giovanni Battista Piccioli (61)

Titular Bishop of Patara

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Guayaquil (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (63)Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (63)Permalink
(2015.09.24 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador

Verbum Domini nuntiantes

Born:1955.10.11 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1983.09.03
Consecrated Bishop:2009.07.04

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador) (2009.04.20 – 2015.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (2015.09.24 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2017.04.28 – ...)

Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza (79)Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza (79)Permalink
(2003.05.07 – 2015.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Born:1939.06.03 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1964.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:1990.02.22

Titular Bishop of Auzegera (1990.01.04 – 1995.07.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1990.01.04 – 1995.07.25)

Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1995.07.25 – 2003.05.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (2003.05.07 – 2015.09.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2011 – 2014.05.08)

Archbishop Juan Ignacio Larrea HolguínPermalink
(1989.12.07 – 2003.05.07)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:1927.08.09 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1962.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:1969.06.15
Died:2006.08.27 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari (1969.05.17 – 1980.06.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1969.05.17 – 1980.06.28?)

Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1980.06.28 – 1983.08.05)

Military Vicar of Ecuador (Ecuador) (1983.08.05 – 1986.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Novi (1983.08.05 – 1988.03.25)

Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador) (1986.07.21 – 1989.12.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1988.03.25 – 1989.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1989.12.07 – 2003.05.07)

Archbishop Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (later Cardinal)Permalink
(1969.04.10 – 1989.12.07)

Pax et bonum

Born:1912.11.12 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1937.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:1949.12.04
Created Cardinal:1994.11.26
Died:2000.04.06 († 87)

Bishop of Ambato (Ecuador) (1949.10.23 – 1969.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1969.04.10 – 1989.12.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1973 – 1975)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1984 – 1987)

Apostolic Administrator of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1990 – 1995.07.25)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1994.11.26 – 2000.04.06)

Archbishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera CorralPermalink
(1956.01.22 – 1969.03.11)

Born:1896.04.22 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1921.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:1937.01.24
Died:1971.04.26 († 75)

Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1936.09.18 – 1954.10.11)

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1954.10.11 – 1956.01.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1956.01.22 – 1969.03.11)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1968 – 1969)

Titular Archbishop of Vescovìo (1969.03.11 – 1970.12.27)

Bishops of Guayaquil (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1954.10.11 – 1956.01.22)

(see above)

Bishop Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, S.J.Permalink
(1937.12.16 – 1954.08.02)

Born:1881.02.11
Ordained Priest:1910.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:1938.02.09
Died:1954.08.02 († 73)

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1937.12.16 – 1954.08.02)

Bishop Carlos María Javier de la Torre (later Cardinal)Permalink
(1926.12.20 – 1933.09.08)

Obœdientia et pax

Born:1873.11.14 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1896.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1912.05.26
Created Cardinal:1953.01.12
Died:1968.07.31 († 94)

Bishop of Loja (Ecuador) (1911.12.30 – 1919.08.21)

Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador) (1919.08.21 – 1926.12.20)

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1926.12.20 – 1933.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1933.09.08 – 1967.06.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1953.01.15 – 1968.07.31)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1958 – 1967)

Bishop Andrea Machado, S.J.Permalink
(1916.04.26 – 1926.01.22)

Born:1850.08.16 (Ecuador)
Died:1926.01.22 († 75)

Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador) (1907.11.16 – 1916.04.26)

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1916.04.26 – 1926.01.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1918 – 1922)

Bishop Giovanni Maria Riesa, O.P.Permalink
(1912.01.19 – 1915.11.20)

Died:1915.11.20

Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1907.12.16 – 1912.01.19)

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1912.01.19 – 1915.11.20)

Bishop Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin, S.J.Permalink
(1884.11.13 – 1911)

Born:1836.08.25
Died:1911 († 75)

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1884.11.13 – 1911)

Bishop José María Lizarzabaru, S.J.Permalink
(1869.11.22 – 1877)

Died:1877

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1869.11.22 – 1877)

Bishop José Tomás Aguirre y AnzoateguiPermalink
(1861.07.22 – 1868)

Died:1868

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1861.07.22 – 1868)

Bishop Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa Llaguno (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1838 – 1851.09.05)

Died:1859.12.02

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1838 – 1851.09.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1851.09.05 – 1859.12.02)

Former Prelates

as of 2018.11.07

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