Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portoviejo

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

Archdiocese of Portoviejo

Archidioecesis Portus Veteris
Location
CountryEcuador
Ecclesiastical provincePorto Viejo
Statistics
Area20,342 km2 (7,854 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
1,186,025
1,091,143 (92%)
Parishes78
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established23 March 1870 (Erected as a Diocese)
25 February 1994 (Elevated to Archdiocese)
CathedralCathedral of Jesús del Buen Pastor
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopEduardo José Castillo Pino
Auxiliary BishopsVicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra
Bishops emeritusLorenzo Voltolini Esti Archbishop Emeritus
Map
Website
arquidiocesisportoviejo.org

Special churches
  • Minor Basilicas:
    • Basílica de Santísima Virgen de Monserrat in Montecristi
      (Basilica of the Holy Virgin of Montserrat)

Bishops

Ordinaries

Bishops of Portoviejo

  • Luis Tola y Avilés (6 Mar 1871 – 1881)
  • Pedro Schumacher, C.M. (27 Mar 1885 – 15 Jul 1900)
  • Juan María Riera, O.P. (16 Dec 1907 – 19 Jan 1912), appointed Bishop of Guayaquil
  • Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro (30 May 1947 – 17 Feb 1967)
  • Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales (17 Feb 1967 – 6 Aug 1989)
  • José Mario Ruiz Navas (6 Aug 1989 – 25 February 1994); see below

Archbishops of Portoviejo

  • José Mario Ruiz Navas (25 February 1994 – 6 Aug 2007); see above
  • Lorenzo Voltolini Esti (6 Aug 2007 – 14 Sept 2018)
  • Eduardo José Castillo Pino (2 Oct 2019–present)

Coadjutor bishop
  • Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales (1963-1967)

Auxiliary bishops
  • Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales (1955-1963), appointed Coadjutor here
  • Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago (1992-2014)
  • Lorenzo Voltolini Esti (1993-2007), appointed Archbishop here
  • Eduardo José Castillo Pino (2012-2019), appointed Archbishop here
  • Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra (2020-

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Sources
Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Portoviejo.

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