Metropolitan see Guayaquil, Ecuador
Archdiocese of Guayaquil
Guayaquilen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1838
- Catholics
- 2,230,000
- Priests
- 285
- Territory
- 2,291 km²
Parishes and churches
155 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San Pedro ApóstolGuayaquil · CathedralView parish
- Beata Mercedes de Jesús MolinaGuayaquilView parish
- Beato Alvaro del PortilloGuayaquilView parish
- Buen PastorGuayaquilView parish
- Corazón Inmaculado de MaríaGuayaquilView parish
- Corpus ChristiGuayaquilView parish
- Cristo LiberadorGuayaquilView parish
- Cristo RedentorGuayaquilView parish
- Cristo ReyGuayaquilView parish
- El Bastión de MaríaGuayaquilView parish
- El Bautismo de JesúsGuayaquilView parish
- El Señor de la JusticiaGuayaquilView parish
- Espiritu SantoGuayaquilView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónGuayaquilView parish
- Jesucristo, Pan de VidaGuayaquilView parish
- Jesús del Gran PoderGuayaquilView parish
- Jesús ObreroGuayaquilView parish
- Jesús, el Buen PastorGuayaquilView parish
- La Ascensión del SeñorGuayaquilView parish
- La AsunciónGuayaquilView parish
- La Dolorosa del ColegioGuayaquilView parish
- La Natividad del SeñorGuayaquilView parish
- La Transfiguración del SeñorGuayaquilView parish
- Madre AdmirableGuayaquilView parish
- Madre DolorosaGuayaquilView parish
- María Guardiana de la FeGuayaquilView parish
- María Madre de la IglesiaGuayaquilView parish
- María ReinaGuayaquilView parish
- María Rosa MísticaGuayaquilView parish
- María, Inmaculada EucarísticaGuayaquilView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Luis Cabrera Herrera
Explore the ministry of 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.
History
Guayaquil, Ecuador, is the seat of a Roman Catholic metropolitan archdiocese, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Guayaquilensis.