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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

Esri
The address the register holds for Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Peter, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

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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.

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

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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.