it was finished. Among the first, it occurred in the 17th century, whose objective was already to modify and condition the Major Church, with the aim of turning it into the Cathedral of Cuenca. That is why on April 27, 1786, the Real Audiencia of Quito allowed these changes, it was also approved with this the following year, that 4900 pesos be granted from the royal box, so that the church parts can be finished, and to carry out the respective repairs of the old mother church. Unfortunately, the bishop-elect of that decade, José Carrión, did not allow these repairs to be carried out, so in his opinion, it was a waste of the money granted by the Government. Instead, Carrión, together with Bishop Marfil, supported the idea, and ordered the construction of the Cathedral Church of the City of Cuenca, in order to avoid spending money on the repairs to the old church. The objective was to build a new cathedral that imitates the Cathedral of Málaga, since they had their plans to make these movements. However, the Audiencia at this time would not give them the opportunity to make such great changes within the plans already exposed, since the reality of the means available to the people of Cuenca at that time were not optimal to pay for a cathedral. Despite the fact that the Audiencia was really specific in the sense of not building a new cathedral, Carrión and Marfil completely refused to follow their instructions to renovate the Major Church, and continued with their wishes to build a new temple.2 In this then they decided to take power from the Church of the Company, from the expelled Jesuits their provisional cathedral. The position that the bishops took did not last for long, since the prebendaries who were supported by the sacred decrees mainly demanded that Bishop Carrión The order of the Real Audiencia of Quito in the year 1785, which guarantees the use of all their faculties and rights to choose and give their opinion, will be respected. Renovations of Vicente Durango and Josef de Herze (1783-1791) By that time, the city of Cuenca had prospered economically in a significant way as a result of artisanal, agricultural and livestock activities, so together the income of the church also increased, allowing it to be taken into account both religiously and politically by the Real Audiencia of Quito