Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca

This article is about the archdiocese in Ecuador. For the diocese in Spain, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuenca.

Archdiocese of Cuenca Archidioecesis Conchensis in Aequatore
Catholic
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Location
Country	Ecuador
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Azuay
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 635,000 604,000 (95.2)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1 July 1786 (Erected as Diocese) 9 April 1957 (Elevated to Archdiocese)
Cathedral	Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Marco Pérez Caicedo
Auxiliary Bishops	Fernando Ortega Ortega
Map
Website
arquicuencaec.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca (Latin: 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, OFM (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, SDB (21 Apr 1971 – 21 Jul 1980)
  • coadjutor archbishop 1970–1971
• Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, OCD (7 Mar 1981 – 15 Feb 2000)
• Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (15 Feb 2000 – 20 Apr 2009)
• Luis Cabrera Herrera, OFM (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 (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
• Loja
• Machala

Special churches

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

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ecuador

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Old Archdiocesan website