Metropolitan see Cuenca, Ecuador
Archdiocese of Cuenca
Conchen(sis) in Aequatore
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1786
- Catholics
- 604,000
- Priests
- 117
- Territory
- 8,010 km²
Parishes and churches
89 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Inmaculada Concepción de María Santísima de SidcayCuenca · CathedralView parish
- COMUNIDAD HERALDOS DEL EVANGELIOCuencaView parish
- Cristo del ConsueloCuencaView parish
- Cristo SalvadorCuencaView parish
- Del Espíritu Santo y De Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe - BañosCuencaView parish
- Del Santísimo Sacramento de ChilcapambaCuencaView parish
- El Santo CenáculoCuencaView parish
- La Inmaculada de Guachapala y Santuario del Señor de los Milagros de AndacochaCuencaView parish
- María AuxiliadoraCuencaView parish
- María Madre del Buen Pastor- Ochoa LeónCuencaView parish
- María Reina de la PazCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de El Carmen de la UniónCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de El Carmen de PijilíCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de FátimaCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la MercedCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la Natividad de María - Ponce EnríquezCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la Purificación de ChordelegCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de MirafloresCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen - Virgen de BronceCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen de SidcayCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen de TarquiCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Cisne - ShiñaCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario de CochapataCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario de NarancayCuencaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario de NultiCuencaView parish
- Parroquia Señor de la Salud (creada 20 nov. de 2016)CuencaView parish
- RECTOR SEMINARIO MAYOR SAN LEÓN MAGNOCuencaView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsCuencaView parish
- San AlfonsoCuencaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Marcos Aurelio Perez Caicedo
- Born
- 14 July 1967
- Birthplace
- Daule
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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.
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.