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 in 1849 by Pope Pius IX.Bishops
Bishops of Quito
- García Díaz Arias
- Pedro de la Peña, O.P.
- Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M.
- Luis López de Solís, O.S.A., appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
- Salvador Ribera Avalos, O.P.
- Hernando de Arias y Ugarte, appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
- Alfonso Santillán Fajardo, O.P.
- Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M., appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
- Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O. Cist. ; Archbishop ; appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
- Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia
- Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro
- Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
- Diego Ladrón de Guevara
- Luis Francisco Romero, appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
- Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías
- Andrés Paredes Polanco y Armendáriz
- Juan Nieto Polo del Aguila
- Pedro Ponce y Carrasco
- Blas Manuel Sobrino y Minayo, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Chile
- José Pérez Calama
- José Fernández Díaz de la Madrid, O.F.M.
- Miguel Alvarez Cortes
- José Cuero y Caicedo
- Leonardo Santander y Villavicencio
- Rafael Lasso de la Vega
- Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto
Archbishops of Quito
- Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa Llaguno
- José María Riofrío y Valdivieso
- José María de Jesús Yerovi Pintado, O.F.M.
- José Ignacio Checa y Barba
- José Ignacio Ordóñez
- Pedro Rafael González y Calixto
- Federico González Suárez
- Manuel María Pólit y Lasso
- Carlos María de la Torre ; elevated to Cardinal in 1953
- Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. ; elevated to Cardinal in 1969
- Antonio José González Zumárraga ; elevated to Cardinal in 2001
- Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga ; elevated to Cardinal in 2010
- Fausto Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.
- Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B.
Coadjutor bishops
- José María de Jesús Yerovi Pintado, O.F.M. Obs.
- Pedro Rafael González y Calixto
- Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. ; future Cardinal
- Antonio José González Zumárraga ; future Cardinal
Auxiliary bishops
- Miguel Fernández Flórez, O.F.M. Obs.
- José Miguel Carrión y Valdivieso
- José María Riofrío y Valdivieso, appointed Archbishop here
- Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones, appointed Bishop of Ibarra
- Benigno Chiriboga, S.J., appointed Bishop of Latacunga
- Antonio José González Zumárraga, appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
- Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, appointed Bishop of Ibarra
- Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D., appointed Archbishop of Cuenca
- Emilio Lorenzo Stehle, appointed Prelate of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
- Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J.
- Antonio Arregui Yarza, appointed Bishop of Ibarra
- Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello, appointed Bishop of Azogues
- Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J., appointed Bishop of Ibarra
- Segundo René Coba Galarza, appointed Bishop of Ecuador, Military
- Vincente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto (2006-
- David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC. (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
