Diocese of Guayaquil

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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.

Archbishop
Luis Cabrera Herrera
Latin name
Guayaquilen(sis)
Erected
29 January 1838
Cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Peter (Catedral San Pedro)
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Guayaquil
Catholics
2,230,000
Chancery
Arzobispado, Apartado 09-01-4484, Calle Clemente Ballén 501 y Chimborazo, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Telephone
Tel. [04]3917.875; fax 2329.695

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001547 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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