Archdiocese of Cuenca
| Archdiocese of Cuenca | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Ecuador |
| Diocesan bishop | Marco Pérez Caicedo |
| Auxiliary bishop | José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre |
| Vicar General | César Guillermo Andrade Moreno |
| founding | July 1, 1786 |
| surface | 8,628 km² |
| Parishes | 81 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 753,500 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 587,250 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 77.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 77 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,075 |
| Permanent deacons | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 250 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción |
| Website | www.iglesiadecuenca.ec |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Azogues Diocese of Loja Diocese of Machala |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca ( Latin Archidioecesis Conchensis in Aequatore , Spanish Arquidiócesis de Cuenca ) is in Ecuador located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Cuenca .
history
The Archdiocese of Cuenca was on July 1, 1786 by Pope Pius VI. Established from the cession of territory by the Diocese of Quito as the Diocese of Cuenca and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lima as a suffragan . The diocese of Cuenca gave on May 28, 1803 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Maynas . On January 13, 1848, the diocese of Cuenca was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Quito as a suffragan. The diocese of Cuenca gave up on December 29, 1862 parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Loja and Bolívar .
On April 9, 1957, the diocese of Cuenca was by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Quasi mater raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Cuenca gave up on June 26, 1968 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Azogues .
Ordinaries
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Bishops of Cuenca
- José Carrión y Marfil, 1786–1798, then Bishop of Trujillo
- José de Cuero y Caicedo, 1798–1801, then Bishop of Quito
- Francisco Javier Fita y Carrión, 1803-1804
- Andrés Quintian Ponte de Andrade, 1805-1813
- José Ignacio Cortázar y Labayen, 1815-1818
- Giuseppe Antonio Remigio Esteves de Toral, 1861–…
- Miguel León Garrido, 1884-1900
- Manuel María Pólit , 1907–1918, then Archbishop of Quito
- Daniel Hermida Ortega , 1918-1956
- Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad , 1956–1957
Archbishops of Cuenca
- Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad, 1957–1971
- Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez SDB , 1971–1980
- Luis Alberto Luna Tobar OCD , 1981-2000
- Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán , 2000-2009
- Luis Cabrera Herrera OFM , 2009–2015, then Archbishop of Guayaquil
- Marco Pérez Caicedo since June 20, 2016
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Cuenca on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Cuenca (Spanish)