The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil (Latin: Archidioecesis Guayaquilensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador.

Special churches

Inside Merced Basilica
  • Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Merced in Guayaquil

Leadership

Bishops of Guayaquil

  • Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa (1838 – 5 Sep 1851), appointed Archbishop of Quito
  • Tomás Aguirre (22 Jul 1861 – 14 May 1868)
  • José María Lizarzabaru y Borja, SJ (22 Nov 1869 – 17 Oct 1877)
  • Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin, SJ (13 Nov 1884 – 1909)
  • Juan María Riera, OP (19 Jan 1912 – 20 Nov 1915)
  • Andrés Machado, SJ (26 Apr 1916 – 22 Jan 1926)
  • Carlos María Javier de la Torre (20 Dec 1926 – 8 Sep 1933), appointed Archbishop of Quito (Cardinal in 1953)
  • Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, SJ (16 Dec 1937 – 2 Aug 1954)
  • Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral* (11 Oct 1954 – 11 Mar 1969) Became archbishop on 22 Jan 1956

Archbishops of Guayaquil

Coadjutor archbishop

Auxiliary bishops

  • Luis Tola y Avilés (1863-1871), appointed Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio)
  • Silvio Luis Haro Alvear (1950-1955), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
  • José Gabriel Diaz Cueva (1964-1967), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca
  • Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (1967-1969), appointed Bishop of Ambato
  • Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, SDB (1967-1970 and, as Archbishop (personal title), 1980-1984), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cuenca in 1970
  • Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1972-1975), appointed Bishop of Azogues; future Cardinal
  • Hugolino Felix Cerasuolo Stacey, OFM (1975-1985), appointed Bishop of Loja
  • Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, SJ (1978-1986), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Quito
  • Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, MCCJ (1990-2001)
  • Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, OFM (1990-2003)
  • Aníbal Nieto Guerra, OCD (2006-2009), appointed Bishop of San Jacinto de Yaguachi
  • Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo (2006-2012), appointed Bishop of Babahoyo
  • Valter Dario Maggi (2008-2011), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
  • Guido Iván Minda Chalá (2009-2022)
  • Giovanni Battista Piccioli (2013-2022)
  • Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler (2013-2015), appointed Bishop of Santo Domingo and Ecuador
  • Antonio Crameri, SSC (2019-2021)
  • Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja (since 2021)
  • Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar (2022–2025)

Another priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Eduardo José Castillo Pino, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo in 2012

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Sources

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