Archdiocese of Portoviejo

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

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
• Basílica de Santísima Virgen de Monserrat in Montecristi<br>(Basilica of the Holy Virgin of Montserrat)

Bishops

Ordinaries

Bishops of Portoviejo

• Luis Tola y Avilés (6 Mar 1871 – 1881)
• Pedro Schumacher, C.M. (27 Mar 1885 – 15 Jul 1900)
• Juan María Riera, O.P. (16 Dec 1907 – 19 Jan 1912), appointed Bishop of Guayaquil
• Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro (30 May 1947 – 17 Feb 1967)
• Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales (17 Feb 1967 – 6 Aug 1989)
• José Mario Ruiz Navas (6 Aug 1989 – 25 February 1994)

Archbishops of Portoviejo

• José Mario Ruiz Navas (25 February 1994 – 6 Aug 2007)
• Lorenzo Voltolini Esti (6 Aug 2007 – 14 Sept 2018)
• Eduardo José Castillo Pino (2 Oct 2019–present)

Coadjutor bishop

• Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales (1963-1967)

Auxiliary bishops

• Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales (1955-1963), appointed Coadjutor here
• Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago (1992-2014)
• Lorenzo Voltolini Esti (1993-2007), appointed Archbishop here
• Eduardo José Castillo Pino (2012-2019), appointed Archbishop here
• Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra (2020-

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

References