Archdiocese of Quito


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
  • Pedro de la Peña, OP
  • Antonio Avendaño y Paz, OFM
  • Luis López de Solís, OSA, appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
  • Salvador Ribera Avalos, OP
  • Hernando de Arias y Ugarte, appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
  • Alfonso Santillán Fajardo, OP
  • Francisco Sotomayor, OFM, appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
  • Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, OCist ; Archbishop ; appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
  • Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia
  • Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro
  • Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
  • Diego Ladrón de Guevara
  • Luis Francisco Romero, appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
  • Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías
  • Andrés Paredes Polanco y Armendáriz
  • Juan Nieto Polo del Aguila
  • Pedro Ponce y Carrasco
  • Blas Manuel Sobrino y Minayo, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Chile
  • José Pérez Calama
  • José Fernández Díaz de la Madrid, OFM
  • Miguel Alvarez Cortes
  • José de Cuero y Caicedo
  • Leonardo Santander y Villavicencio
  • Rafael Lasso de la Vega
  • Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto
Archbishops of Quito
  • Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa Llaguno
  • José María Riofrío y Valdivieso
  • José María de Jesús Yerovi Pintado, OFMObs
  • José Ignacio Checa y Barba
  • José Ignacio Ordóñez
  • Pedro Rafael González y Calixto
  • Federico González Suárez
  • Manuel María Pólit y Lasso
  • Carlos María de la Torre ; elevated to Cardinal in 1953
  • Pablo Muñoz Vega, SJ ; elevated to Cardinal in 1969
  • Antonio José González Zumárraga ; elevated to Cardinal in 2001
  • Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga ; elevated to Cardinal in 2010
  • Fausto Trávez Trávez, OFM
  • Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, SDB

    Coadjutor bishops

  • José María de Jesús Yerovi Pintado, OFMObs
  • Pedro Rafael González y Calixto
  • Pablo Muñoz Vega, SJ ; future Cardinal
  • Antonio José González Zumárraga ; future Cardinal

    Auxiliary bishops

  • Miguel Fernández Flórez, OFMObs
  • José Miguel Carrión y Valdivieso
  • José María Riofrío y Valdivieso, appointed Archbishop here
  • Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones, appointed Bishop of Ibarra
  • Benigno Chiriboga, SJ, appointed Bishop of Latacunga
  • Antonio José González Zumárraga, appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
  • Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, appointed Bishop of Ibarra
  • Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, OCD, appointed Archbishop of Cuenca
  • Emilio Lorenzo Stehle, appointed Prelate of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
  • Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, SJ
  • Antonio Arregui Yarza, appointed Bishop of Ibarra
  • Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello, appointed Bishop of Azogues
  • Julio César Terán Dutari, SJ, appointed Bishop of Ibarra
  • Segundo René Coba Galarza, 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

  • Diocese of Ambato
  • Diocese of Guaranda
  • Diocese of Ibarra
  • Diocese of Latacunga
  • Diocese of Riobamba
  • Diocese of Tulcán