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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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion, in Cuenca, Ecuador.

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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.

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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.

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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.