Roman Catholic 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.

Archdiocese of Quito Archidioecesis Quitensis
Catedral metropolitana Quito
Location
Country	Ecuador
Territory	Province of Pichincha (except the cantons of Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Puerto Quito, and San Miguel de los Bancos
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Quito
Statistics
Area	11,167 km2 (4,312 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 2,350,000 2,115,000 (90%)
Parishes	173
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	8 January 1545 (Erected as Diocese) 13 January 1848 (Elevated to Archdiocese)
Cathedral	Catedral Primada de la Virgen Asunta al Cielo
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B.
Auxiliary Bishops	Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC.
Bishops emeritus	Fausto Trávez Trávez, OFM
Map
Website
arquidiocesisdequito.com.ec

Bishops

Bishops of Quito

• García Díaz Arias (8 Jan 1546 – 1562)^[1]
• Pedro de la Peña, OP (15 May 1565 – 7 Mar 1583)^[2]
• Antonio Avendaño y Paz, OFM (9 Mar 1588 – 7 Nov 1590)^[3]
• Luis López de Solís, OSA (7 Sep 1592 – 18 Jul 1605), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
• Salvador Ribera Avalos, OP (17 Aug 1605 – 1612)^[4]
• Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (22 Apr 1613 – 14 Mar 1616),^[5] appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
• Alfonso Santillán Fajardo, OP (23 Mar 1616 – 15 Oct 1620)^[6]
• Francisco Sotomayor, OFM (18 Dec 1623 – 5 Jun 1628),^[7] appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
• Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, OCist (10 Jul 1628 – 21 Aug 1645); Archbishop (personal title); appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
• Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (1648 – 6 Dec 1650)^[8]
• Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro (18 Aug 1653 – 1687)^[9]
• Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (15 Nov 1688 – 1702)^[10]
• Diego Ladrón de Guevara (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, OFM (3 December 1792 – 4 June 1794)
• Miguel Alvarez Cortes (22 September 1795 – 1 February 1801)
• José de 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, OFMObs (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)
• Carlos María de la Torre (8 September 1933 – 23 June 1967); elevated to Cardinal in 1953
• Pablo Muñoz Vega, SJ (23 June 1967 – 1 June 1985); elevated to Cardinal in 1969
• Antonio José González Zumárraga (1 June 1985 – 21 March 2003); elevated to Cardinal in 2001
• Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (21 March 2003 – 11 September 2010); elevated to Cardinal in 2010
• Fausto Trávez Trávez, OFM (11 September 2010 – 5 April 2019)
• Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, SDB (5 April 2019 – present)^[11]

Coadjutor bishops

• José María de Jesús Yerovi Pintado, OFMObs (1865-1867)
• Pedro Rafael González y Calixto (1893)
• Pablo Muñoz Vega, SJ (1964-1967); future Cardinal
• Antonio José González Zumárraga (1980-1985); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops

• Miguel Fernández Flórez, OFMObs (1815-1817)
• José Miguel Carrión y Valdivieso (1840-1842)
• José María Riofrío y Valdivieso (1853-1861), appointed Archbishop here
• Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones (1907), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
• Benigno Chiriboga, SJ (1958-1963), appointed Bishop of Latacunga
• Antonio José González Zumárraga (1969-1980), appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
• Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (1969-1980), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
• Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, OCD (1977-1981), appointed Archbishop of Cuenca
• Emilio Lorenzo Stehle (1983-1987), appointed Prelate of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
• Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, SJ (1986-1994)
• Antonio Arregui Yarza (1990-1995), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
• Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello (1994-2004), appointed Bishop of Azogues
• Julio César Terán Dutari, SJ (1995-2004), appointed Bishop of Ibarra
• Segundo René Coba Galarza (2006-2014), 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