Diocese of Santa Elena
Sanctae Helenae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santa Elena, Ecuador
The Diocese of Santa Elena is a Latin Church diocese in Santa Elena province, Ecuador, established on February 2, 2022, from territory of the Archdiocese of Guayaquil, to which it is suffragan. Its first and current bishop is Guido Ivan Minda Chala.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 February 2022
- Latin
- Sanctae Helenae
- Patron
- St. Helen
- Annuario code
- 001005108
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 340,000
- Population
- 400,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 7,907
- Extent
- 6,343 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 54
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
- Guido Iván Minda Chalá
- Born
- 20 February 1960
- Birthplace
- San Bartolomé de Apula
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
Cathedral of St. Helen stands in Santa Elena, 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 San JacintoSan Jacinto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The town of Santa Elena in Ecuador gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Helenae) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.