Archdiocese of Cuenca
Conchen(sis) in Aequatore
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cuenca, Ecuador
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in southern Ecuador, founded as the Diocese of Cuenca on 1 July 1786 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 9 April 1957. Its suffragan sees are Azogues, Loja and Machala. Its seat is the Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion (New Cathedral) in Cuenca, consecrated for worship in 1967.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 January 1769
- Latin
- Conchen(sis) in Aequatore
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001246
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 604,000
- Population
- 635,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.1%
- Priests
- 117
- Catholics per priest
- 5,162
- Extent
- 8,010 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 75
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Marcos Aurelio Perez Caicedo
- Born
- 14 July 1967
- Birthplace
- Daule
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion stands in Cuenca, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cuenca
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AzoguesAzogues
- Diocese of LojaLoja
- Diocese of MachalaMachala
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
First erected on 1 July 1786 as the Diocese of Cuenca, from territory belonging to the Archdiocese of Quito, this see in the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca was raised to archdiocesan rank on 9 April 1957. Its Latin title is Archidioecesis Conchensis in Aequatore.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.