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.
- Santa CenaGuayaquilView parish
- Santa CruzGuayaquilView parish
- Santa FazGuayaquilView parish
- Santa GemaGuayaquilView parish
- Santa Isabel de HungríaGuayaquilView parish
- Santa Isabel, Madre del PrecursorGuayaquilView parish
- Santa Laura MontoyaGuayaquilView parish
- Santa Madre Teresa de CalcutaGuayaquilView parish
- Santa Marianita de JesúsGuayaquilView parish
- Santa MarthaGuayaquilView parish
- Santa María del ParaísoGuayaquilView parish
- Santa María Madre de DiosGuayaquilView parish
- Santa María MagdalenaGuayaquilView parish
- Santa María, Reina del CarmenGuayaquilView parish
- Santa Narcisa de JesúsGuayaquilView parish
- Santa Rosa de LimaGuayaquilView parish
- Santa Teresa de JesúsGuayaquilView parish
- Santa Teresita del Niño JesúsGuayaquilView parish
- Santiago Apóstol de las PraderasGuayaquilView parish
- Santiago MenorGuayaquilView parish
- Santo Domingo de GuzmánGuayaquilView parish
- Santo Domingo SavioGuayaquilView parish
- Santo Hermano MiguelGuayaquilView parish
- Santo Tomás ApóstolGuayaquilView parish
- Santo Tomás de AquinoGuayaquilView parish
- Santo Tomás MoroGuayaquilView parish
- Santos Joaquín y AnaGuayaquilView parish
- Santísima Trinidad de las AcaciasGuayaquilView parish
- Santísima Virgen, Salud de los EnfermosGuayaquilView parish
- Santísimo RosarioGuayaquilView 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.