Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito
Archdiocese of Quito
Archidioecesis Quitensis
Location
Country Ecuador
Territory Province of Pichincha (except the cantons of Puerto Quito, Puerto Vicente Maldonado, and San Miguel de los Bancos
Ecclesiastical province Province of Quito
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics

2,103,661
1,893,295
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established January 8, 1545 (Erected as Diocese)
January 13, 1848 (Elevated to Archdiocese)
Cathedral Cathedral of Quito
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Archbishop Fausto Trávez Trávez
Archbishop of Quito
Auxiliary Bishop René Coba Galarza
Auxiliary Bishop of Quito
Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto
Auxiliary Bishop of Quito
Emeritus Bishops Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga
Website
arquidiocesisdequito.org

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 January 8, 1545, before being elevated to archdiocese level in 1849 by Pope Pius IX.

Leadership

Bishops of Quito

  • García Díaz Arias (8 Jan 1546 - 1562)
  • Pedro de la Peña, O.P. (15 May 1565 - Mar 1583)
  • Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. (9 Mar 1588 - 7 Nov 1590)
  • Luis López de Solís, O.S.A. (7 Sep 1592 - 18 Jul 1605)
  • Salvador Ribera y de Avalos, O.P. (17 Aug 1605 - 1612)
  • Alfonso de Santillán y Fajardo, O.P. (23 Mar 1616 - 15 Oct 1620)
  • Francisco de Sotomayor, O.F.M. (18 Dec 1623 - 5 Jun 1628)
  • Pedro de Oviedo y Falconí, O. Cist. (10 Jul 1628 - 21 Aug 1645)
  • Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (1648 - 6 Dec 1650)
  • Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas (1678 - 1702)
  • Diego Ladrón de Guevara (1703 - 1710)
  • Luis Francisco Romero (12 Jul 1717 - 19 Nov 1725)
  • Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías (19 Nov 1725 - 21 Aug 1729)
  • Pedro Ponce de León y Carrasco (20 Dec 1762 - 28 Oct 1775)
  • Blas Manuel Sobrino y Minayo (16 Dec 1776 - 15 Dec 1788)
  • José Pérez y de Calama (30 Mar 1789 - 2 Dec 1792)
  • Miguel Alvarez y Cortez (22 Sep 1795 - 1 Feb 1801)
  • José Cuero y Caicedo (1802 - 1815)
  • Leonardo Santander y Villavicencio (2 Oct 1818 - 29 Apr 1824)
  • Rafael Lasso de la Vega y Chiriboga (15 Dec 1828 - 16 Apr 1831)
  • Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto (29 Jul 1833 - ?)

Archbishops of Quito

  • Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa (5 Sep 1851 - ?)
  • José Ignacio Checa y Barba (16 Mar 1868 - ?)
  • José Ignacio Ordóñez y Lasso (3 Jul 1882 - 14 Jul 1893)
  • Pedro Rafael González y Calisto (Aug 1893 - 1905)
  • Federico González Suárez (14 Dec 1905 - 5 Dec 1917)
  • Manuel María Pólit Lasso (7 Jun 1918 - 30 Oct 1932)
  • Carlos María de la Torre (8 Sep 1933 - 23 Jun 1967)
  • Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. (23 Jun 1967 - 1 Jun 1985)
  • Antonio José González Zumárraga (1 Jun 1985- 21 Mar 2003)
  • Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (21 Mar 2003 - 11 Sep 2010)
  • Fausto Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (11 Sep 2010 - present)

Suffragan dioceses

References