Suffragan diocese San Jacinto, Ecuador
Diocese of San Jacinto
Sancti Hyacinthi
Latin Church
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.
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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.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.