The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo () is an archdiocese located in the city of Portoviejo in Ecuador.

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) Archbishops of Portoviejo José Mario Ruiz Navas (25 February 1994 – 6 Aug 2007) Lorenzo Voltolini Esti (6 Aug 2007 – 14 Sept 2018) (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 (2012-2019), appointed Archbishop here Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra (2020-

Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador

See also Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

Sources

GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy Diocese website

References