Diocese of Santa Elena Dioecesis Sanctae Helenae
Cathedral of the St. Helen in Santa Elena
Location
Country	Ecuador
Ecclesiastical province	Guayaquil
Statistics
Area	6,343.38 km2 (2,449.19 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2022) 400,000 340,000 (85%)
Parishes	28
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	2 February 2022 (2 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the St. Helen in Santa Elena
Secular priests	43
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Guido Iván Minda Chalá

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Elena (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Helenae) is a diocese located in the town of Santa Elena in the ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil in Ecuador.

The diocese covers an area of the 3 cantons in the Santa Elena Province: Santa Elena, La Libertad, Salinas and also the territories, that belong to the Guayas Province: Playas Canton and the localities El Morro, Posorja and Progreso.

It's divided into 28 parishes and has 29 diocesan and 14 religious priests as per 2022.

On 2 February 2022, Pope Francis established the Diocese of Santa Helena, when it was split off from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil.^[1]

• Guido Iván Minda Chalá (since 2 February 2022)

• Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

• Profile at the Catholic Hierarchy