The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito is the
Catholic
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archdiocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
in the capital city of
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
,
Quito
Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...
. It was established as the Diocese of Quito on 8 January 1545, before being elevated to archdiocese level in 1849 by
Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...
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Pedro de la Peña
Pedro de la Peña, O.P. (died 7 March 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Quito (1565–1583) and the second Bishop of Verapaz (1564–1565). ''(in Latin)''O.P. (15 May 1565 – 7 Mar 1583)"Bishop Pedro de la Peña, O.P." ''
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Luis López de Solís
Luis López de Solís, O.S.A. (1534 – July 5, 1606) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of La Plata o Charcas (1605–1606) and the Bishop of Quito (1592–1605). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)''
, O.S.A. (7 Sep 1592 – 18 Jul 1605), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
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Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (September 9, 1561 – January 27, 1638) was a Spanish Neogranadine Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima (1628–1638), Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1624–1628), Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva ...
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 11, 2016 appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
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Francisco Sotomayor
Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. (died February 5, 1630) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1628–1630), the Bishop of Quito (1623–1628), and the Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia (1623). ''(in ...
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* Pedro de Oviedo Falconi,
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Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro
Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro (29 Apr 1596 – 1687) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1653–1687). ''(in Latin)''
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org'' is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Catholic Churches. The website is not officially sanctioned by the Church. It is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in ...
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Diego Ladrón de Guevara
Doctor Diego Ladrón de Guevara Orozco Calderón (1641 in Cifuentes, Spain – September 9, 1718) was a Roman Catholic bishop and Spanish colonial administrator. From August 30, 1710, to March 2, 1716, he was viceroy of Peru.
Before his term as ...
(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, O.F.M. (3 December 1792 – 4 June 1794)
*Miguel Alvarez Cortes (22 September 1795 – 1 February 1801)
*José 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, O.F.M. (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)
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Carlos María de la Torre
Carlos María Javier de la Torre y Nieto (15 November 1873, Quito, Ecuador – 31 July 1968, Quito, Ecuador) was an Ecuadorian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop of Quito, he was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope ...
(8 September 1933 – 23 June 1967); elevated to Cardinal in 1953
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Pablo Muñoz Vega
Pablo Muñoz Vega (23 May 1903 – 3 June 1994) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal and professed member from the Jesuits who served as the Archbishop of Quito from 1967 until his resignation in 1985.
His cause of canoni ...
, S.J. (23 June 1967 – 1 June 1985); elevated to Cardinal in 1969
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Antonio José González Zumárraga
Antonio José González Zumárraga (March 18, 1925 – October 13, 2008) was an Ecuadorian Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
González Zumárraga was born in Pujili, Ecuador. He was ordained priest on July 29, 1951, following studies at the ...
(1 June 1985 – 21 March 2003); elevated to Cardinal in 2001
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Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga
Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1 January 1934 – 15 November 2020) was an Ecuadorian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Quito from 2003 to 2010. He became a bishop coadjutor in 1972 and served as an auxiliary in Guayaquil, ...
(21 March 2003 – 11 September 2010); elevated to Cardinal in 2010
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Fausto Trávez Trávez
Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (born 18 March 1941) is an Ecuadorian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Quito from 2010 to 2019. He previously served as Bishop of Babahoyo from 2008 to 2010.
Trávez Trávez was born i ...
Pablo Muñoz Vega
Pablo Muñoz Vega (23 May 1903 – 3 June 1994) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal and professed member from the Jesuits who served as the Archbishop of Quito from 1967 until his resignation in 1985.
His cause of canoni ...
, S.J. (1964-1967); future Cardinal
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Antonio José González Zumárraga
Antonio José González Zumárraga (March 18, 1925 – October 13, 2008) was an Ecuadorian Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
González Zumárraga was born in Pujili, Ecuador. He was ordained priest on July 29, 1951, following studies at the ...
Antonio José González Zumárraga
Antonio José González Zumárraga (March 18, 1925 – October 13, 2008) was an Ecuadorian Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
González Zumárraga was born in Pujili, Ecuador. He was ordained priest on July 29, 1951, following studies at the ...
(1969-1980), appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
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Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín
Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (August 10, 1927 – August 27, 2006), was archbishop of Guayaquil for ten years, and the first member of the prelature of Opus Dei in Ecuador. He was also a distinguished lawyer, frequently consulted about Ecuadoria ...
(1969-1980), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
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Luis Alberto Luna Tobar
Luis Alberto Luna Tobar O.C.D., (December 15, 1923 – February 7, 2017) was an Ecuadorian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Was born in Quito, Ecuador, and was ordained a priest on June 23, 1946, from the Catholic religious order of ...
, O.C.D. (1977-1981), appointed Archbishop of Cuenca
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Emilio Lorenzo Stehle
Emilio Lorenzo Stehle (September 9, 1926 – May 16, 2017) was a German cleric who served as a Catholic bishop in Ecuador.
Born in Germany, Stehle was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. Stehle served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic ...
Antonio Arregui Yarza
Antonio Arregui Yarza (born June 3, 1939 in Oñate) is the Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil Ecuador.
Yarza is an alumnus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas ''Angelicum'' in Rome where he earned Doctorate in can ...
(1990-1995), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
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Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello
Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello (13 March 1942 – 25 September 2015) was an Ecuadorian Catholic bishop.
He was born in Aloasí and ordained a priest in 1966. He served only the archdiocese of Quito until 1994, when he was named to the concurr ...
(1994-2004), appointed Bishop of Azogues
* Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. (1995-2004), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
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Segundo René Coba Galarza
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* ''Segundo'' (Cooder Graw album), 2001
*Segundo, Ponce, Puerto Rico, a ''barrio'' in the ''municipio'' of Ponce, Puerto Rico
*Segundo River, a river in Cordoba, Argentina
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