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.
Bishops
Bishops of Quito
García Díaz Arias (8 Jan 1546 – 1562) Pedro de la Peña, O.P. (15 May 1565 – 7 Mar 1583) Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. (9 Mar 1588 – 7 Nov 1590) Luis López de Solís, O.S.A. (7 Sep 1592 – 18 Jul 1605), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia Salvador Ribera Avalos, O.P. (17 Aug 1605 – 1612) Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (22 Apr 1613 – 14 Mar 1616), appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia Alfonso Santillán Fajardo, O.P. (23 Mar 1616 – 15 Oct 1620) Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. (18 Dec 1623 – 5 Jun 1628), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O. Cist. (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) Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro (18 Aug 1653 – 1687) Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (15 Nov 1688 – 1702) 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, O.F.M. (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, O.F.M. (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, S.J. (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, O.F.M. (11 September 2010 – 5 April 2019) Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B. (5 April 2019 – present)
Coadjutor bishops
José María de Jesús Yerovi Pintado, O.F.M. Obs. (1865-1867) Pedro Rafael González y Calixto (1893) Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. (1964-1967); future Cardinal Antonio José González Zumárraga (1980-1985); future Cardinal
Auxiliary bishops
Miguel Fernández Flórez, O.F.M. Obs. (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, S.J. (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, O.C.D. (1977-1981), appointed Archbishop of Cuenca Emilio Lorenzo Stehle (1983-1987), appointed Prelate of Santo Domingo de los Colorados Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. (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, S.J. (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, SS.CC. (2019-