Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil

The Archdiocese of Guayaquil (lat.: Archidioecesis guayaquilensis, Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Guayaquil ) is a located in Ecuador Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic church located in Guayaquil.

History

The diocese of Guayaquil was erected on 29 January 1838 cession of territory of the diocese of Quito and this is a suffragan. On January 22, 1956, the diocese of Guayaquil by Pope Pius XII was. raised to an archbishopric. The Archdiocese had in its history several times parts of its territory from the creation of new dioceses.

Bishops

Bishops of Guayaquil

  • Francisco Xavier de Garaycos, 1838-5. September 1851, then Archbishop of Quito
  • Tomás Aguirre, July 22, 1861 to 1868
  • José María Lizarzabaru SJ, November 22, 1869 to 1877
  • Roberto Maria Pozo y Martin SJ, November 13, 1884 to 1909
  • Juan María Riera OP, January 19, 1912-1915
  • Andres Machado SJ, April 26, 1916-22. January 1926
  • Carlos María de la Torre, 20 December 1926-8. September 1933, then Archbishop of Quito
  • Giuseppe Felix Heredia SJ Zurita, 16 December 1937-2. August 1954
  • César Antonio Mosquera Corral, October 11, 1954-22. January 1956

Archbishops of Guayaquil

  • César Antonio Mosquera Corral, January 22, 1956-11. March 1969
  • Cardinal Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, OFM, April 10, 1969-7. December 1989
  • Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, December 7 1989-7. May 2003
  • Antonio Arregui Yarza, since May 7, 2003
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