Iglesia del Cristo del Consuelo, Catholic church in southwest Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Iglesia del Cristo del Consuelo is a Catholic church in the Cristo del Consuelo neighbourhood of southwest Guayaquil, Ecuador. The Claretian missionaries built the church shortly after 1962, when the citadel for the Santísimo Cristo del Consuelo was completed under the priest Ángel María Canals. Its first building was small and made of cane, and the church is the starting point of the Good Friday procession along Lizardo García and Azuay streets.

The building started as a small bamboo structure built by Claretian missionaries in the 1960s. Over time it grew into a major religious center serving the city's Catholic community.

The neighbourhood takes its name from the image of the Cristo del Consuelo kept in the church. Each Good Friday the Procesión del Cristo del Consuelo leaves from here along Lizardo García street and turns onto Azuay towards the Espíritu Santo church, drawing around half a million faithful, the largest pilgrimage in Ecuador alongside Quito's Jesús del Gran Poder.

The church stands in the Cristo del Consuelo neighbourhood in southwest Guayaquil. The Good Friday procession leaves from here along Lizardo García street and turns onto Azuay toward the Espíritu Santo church, so nearby streets close to traffic and fill with pilgrims; arrive early or approach on foot.

Each year hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gather for a Good Friday procession that moves through several neighborhoods of the city. This event demonstrates the deep religious commitment of the community to this sacred place.