The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito is the Catholic archdiocese in the capital city of Ecuador, Quito. It was established as the Diocese of Quito on 8 January 1545, before being elevated to archdiocese level on January 13, 1848 by Pope Pius IX.

Bishops

Bishops of Quito

  • García Díaz Arias (8 Jan 1546 – 1562)
  • Pedro de la Peña, OP (15 May 1565 – 7 Mar 1583)
  • Antonio Avendaño y Paz, OFM (9 Mar 1588 – 7 Nov 1590)
  • Luis López de Solís, OSA (7 Sep 1592 – 18 Jul 1605), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
  • Salvador Ribera Avalos, OP (17 Aug 1605 – 1612)
  • Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (22 Apr 1613 – 14 Mar 1616), appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
  • Alfonso Santillán Fajardo, OP (23 Mar 1616 – 15 Oct 1620)
  • Francisco Sotomayor, OFM (18 Dec 1623 – 5 Jun 1628), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
  • Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, OCist (10 Jul 1628 – 21 Aug 1645); Archbishop (personal title); appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
  • Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (1648 – 6 Dec 1650)
  • Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro (18 Aug 1653 – 1687)
  • Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (15 Nov 1688 – 1702)
  • Diego Ladrón de Guevara (15 Sep 1704 – 1710)
  • Luis Francisco Romero (12 Jul 1717 – 19 Nov 1725), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
  • Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías (19 Nov 1725 – 21 Aug 1729)
  • Andrés Paredes Polanco y Armendáriz (18 Jun 1731 – 3 Jul 1745)
  • Juan Nieto Polo del Aguila (28 Nov 1746 – 12 Mar 1759)
  • Pedro Ponce y Carrasco (20 Dec 1762 – 28 Oct 1775)
  • Blas Manuel Sobrino y Minayo (16 Dec 1776 – 15 Dec 1788), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Chile
  • José Pérez Calama (30 Mar 1789 – 2 Dec 1792)
  • José Fernández Díaz de la Madrid, OFM (3 December 1792 – 4 June 1794)
  • Miguel Alvarez Cortes (22 September 1795 – 1 February 1801)
  • José de Cuero y Caicedo (23 December 1801 – 10 December 1815)
  • Leonardo Santander y Villavicencio (2 October 1818 – 29 April 1824)
  • Rafael Lasso de la Vega (15 December 1828 – 16 April 1831)
  • Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto (29 July 1833 – 6 September 1849)

Archbishops of Quito

  • Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa Llaguno (5 September 1851 – 2 December 1959)
  • José María Riofrío y Valdivieso (22 July 1861 – 2 April 1867)
  • José María de Jesús Yerovi Pintado, OFMObs (2 April 1867 – 20 June 1867)
  • José Ignacio Checa y Barba (16 March 1868 – 30 March 1877)
  • José Ignacio Ordóñez (3 July 1882 – 14 July 1893)
  • Pedro Rafael González y Calixto (14 July 1893 – 27 March 1905)
  • Federico González Suárez (14 December 1905 – 5 December 1917)
  • Manuel María Pólit y Lasso (7 June 1918 – 30 October 1932)
  • Carlos María de la Torre (8 September 1933 – 23 June 1967); elevated to Cardinal in 1953
  • Pablo Muñoz Vega, SJ (23 June 1967 – 1 June 1985); elevated to Cardinal in 1969
  • Antonio José González Zumárraga (1 June 1985 – 21 March 2003); elevated to Cardinal in 2001
  • Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (21 March 2003 – 11 September 2010); elevated to Cardinal in 2010
  • Fausto Trávez Trávez, OFM (11 September 2010 – 5 April 2019)
  • Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, SDB (5 April 2019 – present)

Coadjutor bishops

Auxiliary bishops

  • Miguel Fernández Flórez, OFMObs (1815-1817)
  • José Miguel Carrión y Valdivieso (1840-1842)
  • José María Riofrío y Valdivieso (1853-1861), appointed Archbishop here
  • Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones (1907), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
  • Benigno Chiriboga, SJ (1958-1963), appointed Bishop of Latacunga
  • Antonio José González Zumárraga (1969-1980), appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
  • Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (1969-1980), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
  • Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, OCD (1977-1981), appointed Archbishop of Cuenca
  • Emilio Lorenzo Stehle (1983-1987), appointed Prelate of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
  • Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, SJ (1986-1994)
  • Antonio Arregui Yarza (1990-1995), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
  • Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello (1994-2004), appointed Bishop of Azogues
  • Julio César Terán Dutari, SJ (1995-2004), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
  • Segundo René Coba Galarza (2006-2014), appointed Bishop of Ecuador, Military
  • Vincente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto (2006-
  • David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SSCC (2019-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda, appointed Bishop of Guaranda in 1991
  • Skiper Bladimir Yáñez Calvachi, appointed Bishop of Guaranda in 2014

Suffragan dioceses

External links

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