Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito

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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito is the Catholic Christian religion's archdiocese in the capital city of Ecuador, Quito. It was established as the Diocese of Quito on January 8, 1545, before being elevated to archdiocese level in 1849 by Pope Pius IX.

[edit] Archbishops of Quito since 1703

  • Diego Ladrón de Guevara (1703 - 1710)
  • Luis Francisco Romero (12 Jul 1717 - 19 Nov 1725)
  • Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías (19 Nov 1725 - 21 Aug 1729)
  • Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, C.R. (18 Jun 1731 - 1732)
  • Ignacio de Chiriboga d'Aza y Luna (1732 - 1762)
  • Pedro Ponce y Carrasco(20 Dec 1762 - 28 Oct 1775)
  • Blas Sobrino y Minayo (16 Dec 1776 - 15 Dec 1788)
  • José Pérez Calama (30 Mar 1789 - 2 Dec 1792)
  • Miguel Alvarez Cortez (22 Sep 1795 - 1 Feb 1801)
  • Leonardo Santander Villavicencio (2 Oct 1818 - 29 Apr 1824)
  • Rafael Lasso de la Vega (15 Dec 1828 - 16 Apr 1831)
  • Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto (1834 - 1849)
  • Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa (5 Sep 1851 - ?)
  • José Ignacio Checa Ordóñez y Barba (3 Jul 1882 - 14 Jul 1893)
  • Pedro Rafael González (Aug 1893 - 1905)
  • Federico Gonsález y Suárez (14 Dec 1905 - 5 Dec 1917)
  • Manuel Maria Polit (7 Jun 1918 - 30 Oct 1932)
  • Carlos Maria Cardinal de la Torre (8 Sep 1933 - 23 Jun 1967)
  • Pablo Cardinal Munoz Vega, S.J. (23 Jun 1967 - 1 Jun 1985)
  • Antonio Cardinal Gonzalez Zumárraga (1 Jun 1985 - 21 Mar 2003)
  • Raul Vela Chiriboga (21 Mar 2003 - present)

[edit] Suffragan Dioceses

[edit] References

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