The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca ( la, Archidioecesis Conchensis in Aequatore) is an archdiocese located in the city of Cuenca in Ecuador. Erected as the Diocese of Cuenca from territory of the Diocese of Quito on 1 July 1786, it was elevated to archdiocese status on 9 April 1957.

Ordinaries

;Bishops of Cuenca *José Carrión y Marfil (18 Dec 1786 – 3 Jul 1798), appointed Bishop of Trujillo, Peru * José Cuero y Caicedo (3 Jul 1798 – 23 Dec 1801), appointed Bishop of Quito *Francisco Javier Fita y Carrión (y Lafita) (28 Mar 1803 – 24 May 1804) *Andrés Quintian Ponte de Andrade (9 Sep 1805 – 24 Jun 1813) *José Ignacio Cortázar y Labayen (15 Mar 1815 – 16 Jul 1818) *Félix Calixto Miranda y Suárez de Figueroa (21 May 1827 – 1829) *Pedro Antonio Torres (27 Jan 1843 – 17 Jan 1846) *José Manuel Plaza de la Tejera, O.F.M. (3 Jul 1848 – 22 Sep 1853) *Giuseppe Antonio Remigio Esteves de Toral (22 Jul 1861 – 2 May 1883) *Miguel León y Garrido (13 Nov 1884 – 31 Mar 1900) *Manuel Maria Polit y Laso (11 Jan 1907 – 7 Jun 1918) *Daniel Hermida Ortega (10 Mar 1918 – 30 Sep 1956) *Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad (16 Nov 1956 – 21 Apr 1971) **became archbishop on 9 April 1957 ;Archbishops of Cuenca *Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. (21 Apr 1971 – 21 Jul 1980) **coadjutor archbishop 1970–1971 *Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. (7 Mar 1981 – 15 Feb 2000) *

Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (23 February 1934 – 29 December 2017) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic archbishop. Cisneros Durán was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. He subsequently served as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic A ...

(15 Feb 2000 – 20 Apr 2009) * Luís Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (20 Apr 2009 – 24 September 2015), appointed Archbishop of Guayaquil * Marco Pérez Caicedo (20 June 2016 – present)

Auxiliary bishops

* José Ignacio Checa y Barba (1861-1866), appointed Bishop of Ibarra * Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad (1954-1956), appointed Bishop here *

José Gabriel Diaz Cueva José Gabriel Díaz Cueva (13 June 1925 – 26 January 2018) was a Catholic bishop. Diaz Cueva was ordained to the priesthood in 1950. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Guayaquil, Ecuador from 1964 to 1967 and from 1975 to 1 ...

(1967-1968), appointed Bishop of Azogues * José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre (2019-2022), appointed Bishop of Riobamba

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa Llaguno, appointed Bishop of Guayaquil in 1838 * Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera, appointed Bishop of Azogues in 2016 * Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo, appointed Bishop of Ibarra in 1916 * Guillermo José Harris y Morales, appointed Bishop of Loja in 1920

Suffragan dioceses

Azogues Azogues () is the capital of Azogues Canton and of Cañar Province in Ecuador. The population of Azogues is approximately 40,000. Azogues is located at 2,518 meters above sea level (8,261 feet), its population is of 39,848 inhabitants, its ave ...

* Loja *

Machala Machala () is a city in south-west Ecuador. It is the capital of the El Oro Province, and is located near the Gulf of Guayaquil on fertile lowlands. Machala has a population of 241,606 (2010 census); it is the eighth-biggest city in the country, ...

Special churches

*Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Cuenca *Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Perpetual Help, Cuenca

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