Archdiocese of Guayaquil

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil () is an archdiocese located in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador.

Special churches

• Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Merced in Guayaquil

Leadership

• Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa (1838 – 5 Sep 1851), appointed Archbishop of Quito
• Tomás Aguirre (22 Jul 1861 – 14 May 1868)
• José María Lizarzabaru y Borja, SJ (22 Nov 1869 – 17 Oct 1877)
• Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin, SJ (13 Nov 1884 – 1909)
• Juan María Riera, OP (19 Jan 1912 – 20 Nov 1915)
• Andrés Machado, SJ (26 Apr 1916 – 22 Jan 1926)
• Carlos María Javier de la Torre (20 Dec 1926 – 8 Sep 1933), appointed Archbishop of Quito (Cardinal in 1953)
• Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, SJ (16 Dec 1937 – 2 Aug 1954)
• Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral* (11 Oct 1954 – 11 Mar 1969)
• Became archbishop on 22 Jan 1956

• Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, OFM (10 Apr 1969 – 7 Dec 1989); elevated to Cardinal in 1994
• Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (7 Dec 1989 – 7 May 2003)
• Antonio Arregui Yarza (7 May 2003 – 24 Sep 2015)
• Luis Cabrera Herrera, OFM (24 Sep 2015 – present)

• Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (1988-1989)

• Luis Tola y Avilés (1863-1871), appointed Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio)
• Silvio Luis Haro Alvear (1950-1955), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
• José Gabriel Diaz Cueva (1964-1967), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca
• Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (1967-1969), appointed Bishop of Ambato
• Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, SDB (1967-1970 and, as Archbishop (personal title), 1980-1984), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cuenca in 1970
• Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1972-1975), appointed Bishop of Azogues; future Cardinal
• Hugolino Felix Cerasuolo Stacey, OFM (1975-1985), appointed Bishop of Loja
• Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, SJ (1978-1986), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Quito
• Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, MCCJ (1990-2001)
• Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, OFM (1990-2003)
• Aníbal Nieto Guerra, OCD (2006-2009), appointed Bishop of San Jacinto de Yaguachi
• Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo (2006-2012), appointed Bishop of Babahoyo
• Valter Dario Maggi (2008-2011), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
• Guido Iván Minda Chalá (2009-2022)
• Giovanni Battista Piccioli (2013-2022)
• Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler (2013-2015), appointed Bishop of Santo Domingo and Ecuador
• Antonio Crameri, SSC (2019-2021)
• Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja (since 2021)
• Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar (2022–2025)

• Eduardo José Castillo Pino, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo in 2012

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Babahoyo
• Diocese of Daule
• Diocese of San Jacinto
• Diocese of Santa Elena

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website (Old website)