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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Province of Azuay

Rite
  
Area
  
8,630 km²

Cathedral
  
New Cathedral of Cuenca

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Pope
  
Country
  
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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)635,000604,000

Established
  
1 July 1786 (Erected as Diocese)9 April 1957 (Elevated to Archdiocese)

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan 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.

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Ordinaries

Bishops of Cuenca

  • José Carrión y Marfil (18 Dec 1786 - 3 Jul 1798)
  • José Cuero y Caicedo (3 Jul 1798 - 23 Dec 1801)
  • 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, O.F.M. (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)
  • Archbishops of Cuenca

  • Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. (21 Apr 1971 - 21 Jul 1980)
  • Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. (7 Mar 1981 - 15 Feb 2000)
  • Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán (15 Feb 2000 - 20 Apr 2009)
  • Luís Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (20 Apr 2009 - 24 September 2015)
  • Marco Pérez Caicedo (20 June 2016 - present)
  • *Later became the Archbishop.

    Suffragan dioceses

  • Azogues
  • Loja
  • Machala
  • Special churches

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

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca Wikipedia


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