Archdiocese of Cuenca

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The 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 Archdiocese of Quito on 1 July 1786, it was elevated to archdiocese status on 9 April 1957.

Ordinaries

  • 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
  • Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, SDB (21 Apr 1971 – 21 Jul 1980)
  • 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

Special churches

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