Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra Archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de Sierra Arquidiócesis de Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
|---|---|
 Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of St. Lawrence | |
| Location | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 2,291,000 1,805,000 (78.8%) |
| Parishes | 72 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5 July 1605 (419 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St Lawrence in Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sergio Alfredo Gualberti |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman René Leigue Cesari Braulio Sáez Garcia |
| Map | |
 | |
| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Template:Lang-la) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia. It was erected as the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra by Pope Paul V on July 5, 1605, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul VI on July 30, 1975, with the suffragan see of San Ignacio de Velasco.
The seat of its archbishop is Cathedral-Basilica of San Lorenzo. The current Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra is Sergio Alfredo Gualberti.
Ordinaries
Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
founded July 5, 1605
- Antonio Calderón de León (1605 - 1621 Died)[1]
- Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. (1621 - 1632 Died)[2]
- Juan de Zapata y Figueroa (1635 - 1642 Died)
- Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, O.P. (1646 - 1659, appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
- Juan de Ribera (bishop), O.S.A. (1659 - 1666 Died)[3]
- Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce, O.F.M. (1666 - 1668 Died)[4]
- Juan de Esturizada, O.P. (1672 - 1679 Died))[5]
- Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto (1680 - 1687 Died)[6]
- Juan de los Ríos y Berriz (1687 - 1698 Died)[7]
- Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M. (1699 - 1700 Died)[8]
- Pedro Vásquez de Velasco (1706 - 1714 Died)[9]
- Jaime de Mimbela, O.P. (1714 - 1720 appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)
- Juan Cavero de Toledo (1720 - 1725 Appointed, Bishop of Arequipa)
- Joannes de Moncada Hurtado de Figueroa (1725 - 1725 Died)
- Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas (1728 - 1741, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga)
- Andrés Vergara Uribe (1741 - 1744 Died)
- Juan Pablo de Olmedo (1745 - 1755 Died)
- Bernardo José Pérez de Oblitas (1756 - 1760 Died)
- Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa, O.P. (1761 - 1776, appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
- Juan Domingo González de la Reguera (1776 - 1780, appointed Archbishop of Lima)
- Alejandro José de Ochoa y Morillo (1782 - 1791, appointed Bishop of La Paz)
- José Ramón de Estrada y Orgas (1791 - 1792 Died)
- Manuel Nicolás Rojas de Argandoña (1795 - 1803 Died)
- Antonio de San Firmino, O. Carm. (1805 - 1806 Died)
- Francisco Javier Aldazábal y Lodeña (1807 - 1812 Died)
- Agustín Francisco de Otondo Escurruchea, C.O. (1816 - 1826 Died)
- José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló (1835 - 1840 Appointed Bishop of La Paz)
- Francisco de Paula León de Aguirre Velasco (1840 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
- Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas (1846 - 1855 Appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
- Agustín Gómez Cabezas y Sildo (1856 - 1862 Died)
- Francisco Javier Rodríguez (1869 - 1877 Died)
- Juan José Baldivia Morales (1878 - 1891 Appointed Bishop of La Paz)
- José Belisario Santistevan Seoane (1891 - 1931 Died)
- Daniel Rivero Rivero (1931 - 1940 Appointed Archbishop of Sucre)
- Augustin Arce Mostajo (1940 - 1958 Resigned)
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1958 - 1975)
Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
elevated July 30, 1975
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1975 - 1991 Retired)
- Julio Cardenal Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. (1991 - 2013 Retired)
- Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (2013 - )
Auxiliary Bishops
- Rafael de La Vara (1800 - 1806)
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1952 - 1953)
- José Armando Gutiérrez Granier (1954 - 1956)
- Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. (1957 - 1995)
- Tito Solari Capellari, S.D.B. (1986 - 1998)
- Nino Marzoli, C.R. (1992 - 2000)
- Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. (2001 - present)
- Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D. (2003 - present)
- René Leigue Cesari (2013 - present)
See also
References
- ^ "Bishop Antonio Calderón de León" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan de Ribera, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce, O.F.M." retrieved January 10, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan de Esturizada, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan de los Ríos y Berriz" retrieved January 10, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Pedro Vásquez de Velasco" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
External links
| Province of Cochabamba | |
|---|---|
| Province of La Paz | |
| Province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
| Province of Sucre | |
| Sui iuris jurisdictions | |
17°47′03″S 63°10′54″W / 17.7841°S 63.1818°W
.svg){kind=small} | This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Bolivia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Bolivia
- Religious organizations established in 1605
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 17th century
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Bolivia
- 1605 establishments in the Spanish Empire
- South American Roman Catholic diocese stubs
- Bolivian organisation stubs