Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito, Ecuador

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.04.05 – ...):	Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B. (66) Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador
Auxiliary Bishop (2006.06.07 – ...):	Bishop Vicente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto (62) Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum
Auxiliary Bishop (2019.10.18 – ...):	Bishop David Israel de la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC. (51) Titular Bishop of Bagai General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.10.17 – ...):	Bishop Ángel Maximiliano Ordoñez Sigcho (52) Titular Bishop of Phelbes

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Quito (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B. (66)
(2019.04.05 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador

Faciam vos piscatores hominum

Born:	1958.04.22 (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1988.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.01.18

Bishop of Loja (Ecuador) (2013.12.20 – 2019.04.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (2019.04.05 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2020.11.11 – ...)

Archbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. (83)
(2010.09.11 – 2019.04.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Quito (Ecuador)

Deus meus et omnia

Born:	1941.03.18 (Toacazo, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.15

Titular Bishop of Sullectum (2003.02.01 – 2008.03.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Zamora (Ecuador) (2003.02.01 – 2008.03.27)

Bishop of Babahoyo (Ecuador) (2008.03.27 – 2010.09.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (2010.09.11 – 2019.04.05)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2014.05.08 – 2017.04.28)

Archbishop Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (later Cardinal)
(2003.03.21 – 2010.09.11)

Cum Maria matre Jesu

Born:	1934.01.01 (Riobamba, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.05.21
Created Cardinal:	2010.11.20
Died:	2020.11.15 (Quito, Ecuador † 86)

Priest of Riobamba (Ecuador) (1957.07.28 – 1972.04.20)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1970 – 1972)

Titular Bishop of Ausafa (1972.04.20 – 1975.04.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1972.04.20 – 1975.04.29)

Bishop of Azogues (Ecuador) (1975.04.29 – 1989.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1989.07.08 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of Ecuador (Ecuador) (1989.07.08 – 2003.03.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (2003.03.21 – 2010.09.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (2010.11.20 [2010.11.28] – 2020.11.15)

Cardinal Antonio José González Zumárraga
(1985.06.01 – 2003.03.21)

Spiritus unitatis unitas caritate

Born:	1925.03.18 (Pujilí, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.06.15
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2008.10.13 (Valle de los Chillos, Ecuador † 83)

Priest of Quito (Ecuador) (1951.06.29 – 1969.05.17)

Titular Bishop of Tagarata (1969.05.17 – 1978.01.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1969.05.17 – 1978.01.30)

Bishop of Machala (Ecuador) (1978.01.30 – 1980.06.28)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1980.06.28 – 1985.06.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1985.06.01 – 2003.03.21)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1987 – 1993)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (2001.02.21 [2001.02.25] – 2008.10.13)

Cardinal Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J.
(1967.06.23 – 1985.06.01)

Æterna veritas vera caritas

Born:	1903.05.23 (Mira, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1933.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.03.19
Created Cardinal:	1969.04.28
Died:	1994.06.03 (Quito, Ecuador † 91)

Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University (1957 – 1963)

Titular Bishop of Ceramus (1964.02.07 – 1967.06.23)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1964.02.07 – 1967.06.23)

First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1965 – 1969)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1967.06.23 – 1985.06.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1969 – 1973)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino (1969.04.30 – 1994.06.03)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1975 – 1984)

Cardinal and religious of Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

Cardinal Carlos María Javier de la Torre
(1933.09.08 – 1967.06.23)

Obœdientia et pax

Born:	1873.11.14 (Quito, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1896.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.05.26
Created Cardinal:	1953.01.12
Died:	1968.07.31 (Quito, Ecuador † 94)

Bishop of Loja (Ecuador) (1911.12.30 – 1919.08.21)

Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador) (1919.08.21 – 1926.12.20)

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1926.12.20 – 1933.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1933.09.08 – 1967.06.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1953.01.15 – 1968.07.31)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (1958 – 1967)

Archbishop Emmanuele Maria Polit
(1918.05.12 – 1932.10.30)

Born:	1862.03.25 (Ecuador)
Died:	1932.10.30 († 70)

Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador) (1907.01.11 – 1918.05.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1918.05.12 – 1932.10.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1926 – 1932.10.30)

Archbishop Federico González y Suárez
(1905.12.14 – 1917.12.05)

Born:	1845.01.02 (Ecuador)
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.07.30
Died:	1917.12.05 († 72)

Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1895.07.30 – 1905.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1905.12.14 – 1917.12.05)

Archbishop Pedro Rafael Gonsález
(1893.07.14 – 1904.03.27)

Born:	1839.10.14 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1864.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.11.26
Died:	1904.03.27 († 64)

Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1876.09.29 – 1893.06.15)

Titular Archbishop of Synnadæ (1893.06.15 – 1893.07.14)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1893.06.15 – 1893.07.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1893.07.14 – 1904.03.27)

Archbishop José Ignacio Ordóñez
(1882.07.03 – 1893.07.14)

Born:	1829 (Ecuador)
Died:	1893.07.14 († 63)

Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador) (1866.06.22 – 1879)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1879 – 1882.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1882.07.03 – 1893.07.14)

Archbishop José Ignacio Checa y Barba
(1868.03.16 – 1877.03.30)

Born:	(Ecuador)
Died:	1877.03.30

Titular Bishop of Lystra (1861.07.22 – 1866.08.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador) (1861.07.22 – 1866.08.06)

Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1866.08.06 – 1868.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1868.03.16 – 1877.03.30)

Archbishop José María de Jesús Yerovi Pintado, O.F.M.
(1867.04.02 – 1867.06.20)

Born:	1819.04.12 (Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1845.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1866.08.05
Died:	1867.06.20 († 48)

Titular Archbishop of Cydonia (1865.09.25 – 1867.04.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1865.09.25 – 1867.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1867.04.02 – 1867.06.20)

Archbishop José María Riofrío y Valdivieso
(1861.07.22 – 1867.10.22)

Died:

1867.10.22

Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis (1853.03.10 – 1861.07.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1853.03.10 – 1861.07.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1861.07.22 – 1867.10.22)

Archbishop Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa Llaguno
(1851.09.05 – 1859.12.02)

Died:

1859.12.02

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1838 – 1851.09.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1851.09.05 – 1859.12.02)

Archbishop Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto
(1848.01.13 – 1849.09.06)

Died:

1849.09.06

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1833.07.29 – 1848.01.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1848.01.13 – 1849.09.06)

Bishops of Quito (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto (later Archbishop)
(1833.07.29 – 1848.01.13)

(see above)

Bishop Rafael Lasso de la Vega
(1827.05.21 – 1831.04.16)

Born:	1764.10.21 (Panama)
Ordained Priest:	1792
Consecrated Bishop:	1816.12.11
Died:	1831.04.16 († 66)

Bishop of Mérida (Venezuela) (1815.03.08 – 1827.05.21)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1827.05.21 – 1831.04.16)

Bishop Leonardo Santander Villavicencio
(1818.10.02 – 1824.05.24)

Born:	1768.06.17 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1819.03.21
Died:	1832.04.30 († 63)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1818.10.02 – 1824.05.24)

Bishop of Jaca (Spain) ([1824.04.29] 1824.05.24 – 1828.06.23)

Bishop of Astorga (Spain) ([1828.05.27] 1828.06.23 – 1832.04.30)

Bishop Miguel Álvarez Cortés
(1795.09.22 – 1801.02.01)

Born:	1734.10.17 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1793
Died:	1801.02.01 († 66)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1792.12.03 – 1795.09.22)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1795.09.22 – 1801.02.01)

Bishop José Fernández Díaz de la Madrid, O.F.M.
(1792 – 1794.06.04)

Died:

1794.06.04

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1777.07.28 – 1792)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1792 – 1794.06.04)

Bishop José Pérez Calama
(1789.03.30 – 1792.12.02)

Born:	1740.11.26 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1789.08.23
Died:	1792.12.02 († 52)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1789.03.30 – 1792.12.02)

Bishop Blas Sobrino y Minayo
(1776.12.16 – 1788.12.15)

Born:	1725.01.16 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1775.08.06
Died:	1798.04.26 († 73)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1775.03.13 – 1776.12.16)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1776.12.16 – 1788.12.15)

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1788.12.15 – 1794.09.12)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1794.09.12 – 1798.04.26)

Bishop Pedro Ponce y Carrasco
(1762.12.20 – 1775.10.28)

Born:	1706 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1747.12.03
Died:	1775.10.28 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Adramyttium (1746.11.28 – 1762.12.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1746.11.28 – 1762.12.20)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1762.12.20 – 1775.10.28)

Bishop Joannes Nieto Polo del Aguila
(1746.11.28 – 1759.03.12)

Died:

1759.03.12

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1743.07.15 – 1746.11.28)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1746.11.28 – 1759.03.12)

Bishop Andrés de Paredes y Armendáriz
(1734 – 1745.07.03)

Born:	1675.09.18
Died:	1745.07.03 († 69)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1734 – 1745.07.03)

Bishop Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, C.R. (later Archbishop)
(1731.06.18 – 1732.02.13)

Consecrated Bishop:	1723.07.25
Died:	1739.04.28

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1723.05.12 – 1731.06.18)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1731.06.18 – 1732.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1732.02.13 – 1739.04.28)

Bishop Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías
(1725.11.19 – 1729.08.21)

Born:	1666
Consecrated Bishop:	1716.01.19
Died:	1729.08.21 († 62)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1714.11.19 – 1725.11.19)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1725.11.19 – 1729.08.21)

Bishop Luis Francisco Romero (later Archbishop)
(1717.07.12 – 1725.11.19)

Born:	1665 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1707.08.28
Died:	1728.11.28 († 62)

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1705.01.26 – 1717.07.12)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1717.07.12 – 1725.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1725.11.19 – 1728.11.28)

Bishop Diego Ladrón de Guevara
(1704.09.15 – 1717.06.12)

Died:

1717.06.12

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1689 – 1699.04.11)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1699.04.11 – 1704.09.15)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1704.09.15 – 1717.06.12)

Bishop Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas
(1678 – 1702)

Died:

1702

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1667.09.07 – 1671.06.12)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1671.06.12 – 1678)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1678 – 1702)

Bishop Agustín Ligarte y Saravia
(1648 – 1650.12.06)

Died:

1650.12.06

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1629.12.03 – 1630.12.02)

Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1630.12.02 – 1641)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1641 – 1647)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1648 – 1650.12.06)

Archbishop Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O. Cist.
(1628.07.10 – 1645.08.21)

Died:

1649.10.18

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1621.01.22 – 1628.07.10)

Archbishop-Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1628.07.10 – 1645.08.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1645.08.21 – 1649.10.18)

Bishop Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1623.12.18 – 1628.06.05)

Consecrated Bishop:	1624.08.18
Died:	1630.02.05

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1623.05.22 – 1623.12.18)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1623.12.18 – 1628.06.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1628.06.05 – 1630.02.05)

Bishop Alfonso Santillán Fajardo, O.P.
(1616.03.23 – 1620.10.15)

Died:

1620.10.15

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1616.03.23 – 1620.10.15)

Bishop Salvador Ribera Avalos, O.P.
(1605.08.17 – 1612)

Died:

1612

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1605.08.17 – 1612)

Bishop Luis López de Solís, O.E.S.A.
(1592.09.07 – 1605.07.18)

Consecrated Bishop:	1594.01.01
Died:	1606.07.05

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1592.09.07 – 1605.07.18)

Bishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1605.07.18 – 1606.07.05)

Bishop Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M.
(1588.03.09 – 1590.11.07)

Died:

1590.11.07

Bishop of La Imperial (1563.03.22 – 1588.03.09)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1588.03.09 – 1590.11.07)

Bishop Pedro de la Peña, O.P.
(1565.05.15 – 1583.03)

Died:

1583.03

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1565.05.15 – 1583.03)

Bishop García Díaz Arias
(1546.01.08 – 1562)

Died:

1562

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1546.01.08 – 1562)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Antonio José González Zumárraga (later Cardinal) (1980.06.28 – 1985.06.01)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. (later Cardinal) (1964.02.07 – 1967.06.23)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Pedro Rafael Gonsález (1893.06.15 – 1893.07.14)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop José Ignacio Ordóñez (1879 – 1882.07.03)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop José María de Jesús Yerovi Pintado, O.F.M. (1865.09.25 – 1867.04.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Segundo René Coba Galarza (67) (2006.06.07 – 2014.06.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. (90) (1995.07.12 – 2004.02.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello (1994.01.03 – 2004.02.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antonio Arregui Yarza (85) (later Archbishop) (1990.01.04 – 1995.07.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. (1986 – 1994.11.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Emilio Lorenzo Stehle (1983.07.16 – 1987.01.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. (later Archbishop) (1977.08.17 – 1981.03.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (later Archbishop) (1969.05.17 – 1980.06.28?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antonio José González Zumárraga (later Cardinal) (1969.05.17 – 1978.01.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. (1958.11.15 – 1963.12.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José María Riofrío y Valdivieso (later Archbishop) (1853.03.10 – 1861.07.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Miguel Carrión y Valdivieso (1840.04.27 – 1848)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Miguel Fernández Flórez, O.F.M. (1815.07.10 – 1817.04.24)