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Suffragan diocese San Jacinto, Ecuador

Diocese of San Jacinto

Sancti Hyacinthi

Latin-rite diocese seated in Yaguachi, Guayas Province, Ecuador, established by Pope Benedict XVI on 4 November 2009 from the Archdiocese of Guayaquil, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Basilica Catedral San Jacinto in Yaguachi. Bishop Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar was appointed on 31 January 2025.

On the map

Esri
San Jacinto, Ecuador, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
2009
Catholics
618,301
Priests
50
Territory
6,265 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

Bishop
Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar
Born
26 August 1964
Birthplace
Valparaíso

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The cathedral

Basilica Catedral San Jacinto, Yaguachi stands in San Jacinto, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In the town of Yaguachi, Ecuador, lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jacinto (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Hyacinthi de Yaguachi), a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Guayaquil.