Suffragan diocese Santa Elena, Ecuador
Diocese of Santa Elena
Sanctae Helenae
Latin Church
The Diocese of Santa Elena is a Latin Church diocese in Santa Elena province, Ecuador, established on February 2, 2022, from territory of the Archdiocese of Guayaquil, to which it is suffragan. Its first and current bishop is Guido Ivan Minda Chala.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 2022
- Catholics
- 340,000
- Priests
- 43
- Territory
- 6,343 km²
Parishes and churches
27 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa ElenaSanta Elena · CathedralView parish
- Buen PastorLa LibertadView parish
- La EucaristíaCerecitaView parish
- Madre del Buen PastorPlayas de VillamilView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la NubeBallenitaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las MercedesSalinasView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las MercedesPlayas de VillamilView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenValdiviaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San BenitoLa LibertadView parish
- San AgustínChanduyView parish
- San Francisco de AsísPosorjaView parish
- San Ignacio de LoyolaManglaraltoView parish
- San JacintoEl MorroView parish
- San JoséAncónView parish
- San JoséProgresoView parish
- San JoséSalinasView parish
- San Juan BautistaAtahualpaView parish
- San PabloSan PabloView parish
- San PatricioLa LibertadView parish
- San PedroZapotalView parish
- San Rafael ArcángelSalinasView parish
- San TimoteoAnconcitoView parish
- Santa CatalinaColoncheView parish
- Santa Narcisa de JesúsSanta ElenaView parish
- Santa Rita de CasiaOlónView parish
- Santísimo Nombre de MaríaJulio MorenoView parish
- Virgen del CisneLa LibertadView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Guido Iván Minda Chalá
- Born
- 20 February 1960
- Birthplace
- San Bartolomé de Apula
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Helen stands in Santa Elena, 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
The town of Santa Elena in Ecuador gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Helenae) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil.