Archdiocese of Guayaquil
Guayaquilen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Guayaquil, Ecuador
The Archdiocese of Guayaquil is a Latin Church metropolitan see in coastal Ecuador, erected as a diocese in 1838 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1956. It has been led by Cardinal Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera since 2015 and is the metropolitan for suffragans including Daule and Santa Elena.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 January 1838
- Latin
- Guayaquilen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001547
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,230,000
- Population
- 2,630,000
- Catholic share
- 84.8%
- Priests
- 285
- Catholics per priest
- 7,825
- Extent
- 2,291 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 973
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Luis Cabrera Herrera
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Peter stands in Guayaquil, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Guayaquil
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BabahoyoBabahoyo
- Diocese of DauleDaule
- Diocese of San JacintoSan Jacinto
- Diocese of Santa ElenaSanta Elena
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Guayaquil, Ecuador, is the seat of a Roman Catholic metropolitan archdiocese, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Guayaquilensis.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].