Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Ecuador
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- 0100~
- Italica - Spain
- 0200-0300
- Sevilla (separated from Italica?) - Spain
- 0300-0400
- Sevilla (AD) - Spain
- 1536
- Cuzco (established from Spain/Sevilla?) - Peru
- 1541
- Ciudad de los Reyes / Lima (detached from Cuzco ?) - Peru
- 1546
- Quito (detached from Lima) - Ecuador
- 1786
- Cuenca (detached from Quito) - Ecuador
- 1838
- Guayaquil (detached from Quito) - Ecuador
- 1848
- Quito (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Lima) - Ecuador
- 1862
- Bolívar (detached from Quito) - Ecuador
- 1862
- Ibarra (detached from Quito) - Ecuador
- 1862
- Loja (detached from Cuenca) - Ecuador
- 1870
- Portoviejo (detached from Quito, and from Guayaquil) - Ecuador
- 1871
- Napo (AV, detached from Quito) - Ecuador
- 1886
- Canelos y Macas (AP, detached from Napo) - Ecuador
- 1893
- Méndez y Gualaquiza (AV, detached from Napo) - Ecuador
- 1893
- Zamora (AV, detached from Napo) - Ecuador
- 1912
- Putumayo (AP, detached San León del Amazonas) - Ecuador
- 1921
- Putumayo (suppressed, reintegrated in San León del Amazonas) - Ecuador
- 1924
- San Miguel de Sucumbíos (AP, detached from Napo) - Ecuador
- 1930
- Canelos (AP, new name, previously Canelos y Macas AP) - Ecuador
- 1945
- Esmeraldas (AP, detached from Portoviejo) - Ecuador
- 1948
- Ambato (detached from Quito) - Ecuador
- 1948
- Los Ríos (AV, detached from Guayaquil) - Ecuador
- 1950
- Galapagos (AP, detached from Guayaquil) - Ecuador
- 1951
- Los Ríos (Prel.) - Ecuador
- 1951
- Méndez (AV, new name, previously Méndez y Gualaquiza AV) - Ecuador
- 1953
- Aguarico (AP, detached from Napo) - Ecuador
- 1954
- El Oro (Prel., detached from Guayaquil, and from Loja) - Ecuador
- 1955
- Riobamba (new name, previously Bolívar) - Ecuador
- 1956
- Guayaquil (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Quito) - Ecuador
- 1957
- Cuenca (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Quito) - Ecuador
- 1957
- Esmeraldas (AV) - Ecuador
- 1957
- Guaranda (detached from Riobamba) - Ecuador
- 1963
- Latacunga (detached from from Quito) - Ecuador
- 1964
- Canelos (AV) - Ecuador
- 1965
- Tulcán (detached from Ibarra) - Ecuador
- 1968
- Azogues (detached from Cuenca) - Ecuador
- 1969
- Machala (D, and new name, previously El Oro -Prel.) - Ecuador
- 1976
- Puyo (AV, new name, previously Canelos AV) - Ecuador
- 1983
- Ecuador (Mil.Ord.) - Ecuador
- 1984
- Aguarico (AV) - Ecuador
- 1984
- San Miguel de Sucumbíos (AV) - Ecuador
- 1987
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Prel., detached from Quito) - Ecuador
- 1991
- Zamora en Ecuador (new name, previously Zamora) - Ecuador
- 1994
- Babahoyo (D, and new name, previously Los Ríos) - Ecuador
- 1994
- Portoviejo (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Guayaquil) - Ecuador
- 1995
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados - Ecuador
- 2008
- Galapagos (AV) - Ecuador
- 2022
- Daule (detached from Guayaquil) - Ecuador
- 2022
- Santa Elena (detached from Guayaquil) - Ecuador