Metropolitan see Portoviejo, Ecuador
Archdiocese of Portoviejo
Portus Veteris
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese seated in Portoviejo, Manabi Province, Ecuador. Erected as a diocese on 23 March 1870 and elevated to archdiocese on 25 February 1994, with the Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador as suffragan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Jesus del Buen Pastor; Archbishop Eduardo Jose Castillo Pino has led it since October 2019.
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- Established
- 1870
- Catholics
- 1,091,143
- Priests
- 130
- Territory
- 20,342 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Eduardo Jose Castillo Pino
- Born
- 21 March 1970
- Birthplace
- Guayaquil
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Jesus del Buen Pastor, Portoviejo stands in Portoviejo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Portoviejo, Ecuador, is home to a Roman Catholic metropolitan archdiocese, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Portus Veteris.
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Bishop Joseba Segura leads delegation to Ecuador
Bishop Joseba Segura led a delegation of mission leaders from the Basque dioceses of San Sebastián, Bilbao, and Vitoria to Ecuador to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the death of Father Máximo Guisasola. Guisasola was one of eight missionaries from the first Basque expedition to arrive in Ecuador in 1948. He served in the Los Ríos region until he died in a traffic accident while returning to Vinces. The delegation, which included Koldo Muro, the mission delegate for the Diocese of San Sebastián, visited the Archdiocese of Portoviejo in the Manabí province. During the visit, the group met with Archbishop Eduardo José Castillo and visited the San Juan Apóstol parish. The group also met with the Christian community in Estero Seco and visited the Raíces y Sueños project in San Isidro.
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