The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito is the Catholic archdiocese in the capital city of Ecuador, Quito. It was established as the Diocese of Quito on 8 January 1545, before being elevated to archdiocese level on January 13, 1848 by Pope Pius IX.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church based in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The diocese of Campeche, the diocese of Cancún-Chetumal and the diocese of Tabasco are its suffragans. Its area is that of the state of the same name, covering an area of 17,204 square miles.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It currently covers an area of 20,827 km². The diocese was erected on 13 July 1548 on territory split off from then Diocese of Michoacán, elevated to Archdiocese on 26 January 1863, and is the Metropolitan see of the suffragan sees of Aguascalientes, Autlán, Ciudad Guzmán, Colima, Jesús Maria del Nayar, San Juan de los Lagos and Tepic.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is one of Spain's fourteen metropolitan archbishoprics. Since 12 June 2023 the archbishop of Madrid has been José Cobo Cano.
The Archdiocese of Barcelona is a Latin metropolitan archbishopric of the Catholic Church in northeastern Spain's Catalonia region.
The Archdiocese of Morelia is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western central Mexico. It was erected on 11 August 1536 as the Diocese of Michoacán.
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Guatemala. It is a primatial metropolitan see with six suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.
The Diocese of Málaga is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. Its episcopal see is the city of Málaga. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada.
The Diocese of Canarias or Diocese Canariense-Rubicense is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the Canary Islands in the ecclesiastical province of Seville in Spain. The dioceses includes the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. However, it does not include the whole archipelago, since the Diocese of Tenerife includes the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. For this reason, the use of the name of the archipelago is currently a very controversial topic in the Canary Islands. It has recently emerged between the society of Lanzarote the desire to recover the diocesan headquarters of San Marcial del Rubicón.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca is an archdiocese located in the city of Cuenca in Ecuador. Erected as the Diocese of Cuenca from territory of the Diocese of Quito on 1 July 1786, it was elevated to archdiocese status on 9 April 1957.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil is an archdiocese located in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo is an archdiocese located in the city of Portoviejo in Ecuador.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Machala is a diocese located in the city of Machala in the ecclesiastical province of Cuenca in Ecuador. Established on July 26, 1954, as the Territorial Prelature of El Oro from territory of the Dioceses of Guayaquil and Cuenca, it was elevated as the Diocese of Machala on January 31, 1969.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda is a diocese located in the city of Guaranda in the ecclesiastical province of Quito. It was erected on 29 December 1957 from territory from the Diocese of Riobamba.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona is an archdiocese located in the city of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Coro is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese in western Venezuela.
The Catholic Church in Ecuador comprises only a Latin hierarchy, united in a national episcopal conference, which comprises:
Victor Garaigordobil Berrizbeitia was a Spanish bishop of the Catholic Church. At the time of his death, at the age of 102, he was the oldest bishop of Spain.
Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. is an Ecuadorian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Quito from 2010 to 2019. He previously served as Bishop of Babahoyo from 2008 to 2010.
Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso was a Spanish-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic bishop.
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