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
- 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