Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Portoviejo

Ecuador Ecuador

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Portoviejo / Portus Veteris (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Santo Domingo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.10.02 – ...):Archbishop Eduardo JosĂ© Castillo Pino (54)Archbishop Eduardo JosĂ© Castillo Pino (54)
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.04.19 – ...):Bishop Ramiro Alejandro Herrera Herrera (60)Bishop Ramiro Alejandro Herrera Herrera (60)

Titular Bishop of Medeli

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Portoviejo (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Eduardo José Castillo Pino (54)Archbishop Eduardo José Castillo Pino (54)
(2019.10.02 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Plantata juxta rivos

Born:1970.03.21 (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1994.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:2012.06.01

Priest of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1994.11.20 – 2012.03.14)

Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena (2012.03.14 – 2019.10.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (2012.03.14 – 2019.10.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (2019.10.02 – ...)

Archbishop Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O. (76)Archbishop Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, O.C.S.O. (76)
(2007.08.06 – 2018.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:1948.05.20 (Poncarale, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1974.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:1994.01.12

Priest of Brescia (Italy) (1974.06.15 – 1993.12.07)

Titular Bishop of BesalĂș (1993.12.07 – 2007.08.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1993.12.07 – 2007.08.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (2007.08.06 – 2018.09.14)

Archbishop José Mario Ruiz Navas
(1994.02.25 – 2007.08.06)

Born:1930.07.20 (PujilĂ­, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1954.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:1969.01.12
Died:2020.12.09 (Pujilí, Ecuador † 90)

Bishop of Latacunga (Ecuador) (1968.12.05 – 1989.08.06)

Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1989.08.06 – 1994.02.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1993 – 2002)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1994.02.25 – 2007.08.06)

Bishops of Portoviejo (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Mario Ruiz Navas (later Archbishop)
(1989.08.06 – 1994.02.25)

(see above)

Bishop Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales
(1967.02.17 – 1989.08.06)

Born:1913.10.17 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1937.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:1955.10.28
Died:2003.04.25 († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1955.07.28 – 1963)

Titular Bishop of Coptus (1955.07.28 – 1967.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1963 – 1967.02.17)

Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1967.02.17 – 1989.08.06)

Bishop Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro
(1947.05.30 – 1967.02.17)

Born:1890.08.06 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1915.10.07
Consecrated Bishop:1947.09.21
Died:1976.08.11 († 86)

Apostolic Administrator of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1938 – 1947.05.30)

Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1947.05.30 – 1967.02.17)

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1967.02.17 – 1970.12.22)

Fr. Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1938 – 1947.05.30)

Fr. Emanuele Reyes, S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1932 – 1936)

Archbishop Emmanuele Maria Polit
(Apostolic Administrator 1926 – 1932.10.30)

Fr. Virgilio Maldonado
(Apostolic Administrator 1922 – 1926)

Bishop Andrea Machado, S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1918 – 1922)

Bishop Juan MarĂ­a Riesa, O.P.
(1907.12.16 – 1912.01.19)

Born:1866.01.30
Ordained Priest:1890.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:1908.05.03
Died:1915.11.20 († 49)

Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1907.12.16 – 1912.01.19)

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1912.01.19 – 1915.11.20)

Bishop Pedro Schumacher, C.M.
(1885.03.27 – 1900.07.15)

Born:1839.01.11 (Kerpen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1862.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:1885.05.31
Died:1900.07.15 († 61)

Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1885.03.27 – 1900.07.15)

Bishop Luis Tola y Avilés
(1871.03.06 – 1884.07)

Born:1811.03.25 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:1839
Consecrated Bishop:1863.11.15
Died:1888 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Berisa (1863.10.01 – 1871.03.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1863.10.01 – 1871.03.06)

Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1871.03.06 – 1884.07)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Galápagos (←), Esmeraldas (↑), Santo Domingo (↗), Daule (↘), Santa Elena (↓)

Statistics (2019.12.31)

Area: 21,000 kmÂČ

Population: 1,373,000 Catholics (85.0% of 1,615,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 90 parishes, 1,419 missions

Personnel: 130 priests (82 diocesan, 48 religious), 259 religious (56 brothers, 203 sisters), 17 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.10.01

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