Diocese of San Jacinto
Sancti Hyacinthi
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Jacinto, Ecuador
Latin-rite diocese seated in Yaguachi, Guayas Province, Ecuador, established by Pope Benedict XVI on 4 November 2009 from the Archdiocese of Guayaquil, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Basilica Catedral San Jacinto in Yaguachi. Bishop Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar was appointed on 31 January 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2009
- Latin
- Sancti Hyacinthi
- Annuario code
- 001002905
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 618,301
- Population
- 715,856
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 86.4%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 12,366
- Extent
- 6,265 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 99
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar
- Born
- 26 August 1964
- Birthplace
- Valparaíso
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Basilica Catedral San Jacinto, Yaguachi stands in San Jacinto, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Guayaquil
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Guayaquil.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BabahoyoBabahoyo
- Diocese of DauleDaule
- Archdiocese of GuayaquilGuayaquil
- Diocese of Santa ElenaSanta Elena
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the town of Yaguachi, Ecuador, lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jacinto (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Hyacinthi de Yaguachi), a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Guayaquil.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.