Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas Diócesis de San Cristóbal de Las Casas | |
|---|---|
 Catedral de San Cristóbal | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tuxtla |
| Metropolitan | San Cristóbal de Las Casas |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,740 sq mi (22,600 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,691,000 1,346,000 (79.6%) |
| Parishes | 52 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 19 March 1539 (485 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Saint Mark's Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Domingo Díaz Martínez |
| Website | |
| ualcor.wix.com/dscl | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas) (erected 19 March 1539 as the Diocese of Chiapas,[1] renamed 27 October 1964) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla. Its see is in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas.[2][3] As of 2016[update] the bishop was Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel and the auxiliary bishop Enrique Díaz Díaz.[4]
Ordinaries
Diocese of Chiapas
Erected: 19 March 1539
- Juan de Urteaga, O.S.H. (30 Mar 1539 - 1540, died)[5][6]
- Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño (16 Jul 1540 - 8 Sep 1540, died)[5][7]
- Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P. (19 Dec 1543 - 11 Sep 1550, resigned)[5]
- Tomás Casillas, O.P. (19 Jan 1551 - 29 Oct 1567, died)[5]
- Pedro Martín Fernández, O.P. (8 Jan 1574 - 1588, died)[5]
- Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. (21 May 1592 - 29 Jan 1603, appointed Bishop of Michoacán)[5][8]
- Lucas Duran, O.S. (7 Jan 1605 - 1607, resigned)
- Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A. (7 May 1607 - 17 Nov 1608, appointed Bishop of Popayán)[9]
- Juan Tomás de Blanes, O.P. (12 Jan 1609 - 5 Feb 1612, died)
- Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A. (13 Nov 1613 - 13 Sep 1621, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)[10]
- Bernardino de Salazar y Frías (25 Oct 1621 - 1626, died)
- Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (3 Dec 1629 - 2 Dec 1630, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)[11]
- Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. (31 Jan 1633 - 30 May 1639, appointed Bishop of Michoacán)[12]
- Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. (3 Oct 1639 - 8 Oct 1640, appointed Bishop of Cartagena)
- Domingo Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H. (19 Nov 1640 - 2 Dec 1652, appointed Bishop of Yucatán)[13][14]
- Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. (16 Dec 1652 - 22 Oct 1666, Died)
- Bernardo Cristóbal de Quirós (1 Sep 1670 - 16 May 1672, appointed Bishop of Popayán)
- Marcos Bravo de la Serna Manrique (12 Mar 1674 - Oct 1680, died)
- Francisco Núñez de la Vega, O.P. (8 Jun 1682 - 1706, died)
- Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. (24 Sep 1708 - 17 Jan 1714, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)
- Jacinto Olivera y Pardo (26 Feb 1714 - 10 Jul 1733, died)
- José Cubero Ramírez de Arellano, O. de M. (9 Jul 1734 - 20 Jun 1752, died)
- José Vidal de Moctezuma y Tobar, O. de M. (28 May 1753 - 3 Oct 1766, died)
- Miguel Cilieza y Velasco (27 Apr 1767 - 7 Apr 1768, died)
- Lucas Ramírez Galán, O.F.M.Obs. (12 Jun 1769 - 21 Aug 1769, confirmed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
- Juan Manuel Garcia de Vargas y Ribera, O. de M. (20 Nov 1769 - 14 Dec 1774, died)
- Antonio Caballero y Góngora (29 May 1775 - 11 Sep 1775, confirmed Bishop of Yucatán)
- Francisco Polanco (13 Nov 1775 - 20 Nov 1784, died)
- Jose Martinez Palomino y Lopez de Lorena (19 Dec 1785 - 8 Mar 1788, resigned)
- Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito (15 Sep 1788 - 22 Feb 1795, appointed Bishop of Durango)
- Fermín José Fuero y Gómez Martinez Arañon (18 Dec 1795 - 14 Jul 1800, died)
- Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés, O.F.M. (23 Dec 1801 - 14 Jun 1815, died)
- Salvador de Sanmartin y Cuevas (22 Jul 1816 - 9 Feb 1821, died)
- Luis García Guillén, O. de M. (28 Feb 1831 - 19 Aug 1834, died)
- José María Luciano Becerra y Jiménez (23 Dec 1839 - 27 Sep 1852, appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala)
- Carlos María Colina y Rubio (7 Apr 1854 - 19 Mar 1863, appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala)
- Carlos Manuel Ladrón de Guevara (19 Mar 1863 - 28 Aug 1869, died)
- Germán de Ascensión Villalvazo y Rodríguez (22 Nov 1869 - 8 May 1879, died)
- Ramón María de San José Moreno y Castañeda, O. Carm. (22 Sep 1879 - 21 Sep 1882, resigned)
- Miguel Mariano Luque y Ayerdi (13 Nov 1884 - 14 May 1901, died)
- Francisco Orozco y Jiménez (30 May 1902 - 2 Dec 1912, appointed Archbishop of Guadalajara)
- Maximino Ruiz y Flores (8 Jul 1913 - 8 Mar 1920, resigned)
- Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (8 Mar 1920 - 3 Oct 1941, appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí)
- Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia (22 Jan 1944 - 25 May 1959, appointed Bishop of Durango)
- Samuel Ruiz García (14 Nov 1959 - 27 Oct 1964)
Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Name Changed: 27 October 1964
- Samuel Ruiz García (27 Oct 1964 - 13 Mar 2000, retired)
- Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (31 Mar 2000 - )[15]
References
- ^ Eric Zolov (26 August 2015). Iconic Mexico: An Encyclopedia from Acapulco to Zócalo. ABC-CLIO. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-61069-044-7.
In 1543 Las Casas was named bishop of Chiapa (later renamed Chiapas) in southern Mexico, a see that was very large, covering much of southern Mexico, Yucatán, and parts of Guatemala.
- ^ "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Chiapas: Bishop Felipe Arizmendi presents his resignation to the Pope". SIPAZ Blog of The International Service for Peace. SIPAZ.org. May 15, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. p. 165.
- ^ "Father Juan de Urteaga, O.S.H." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 4, 2016
- ^ "Father Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 4, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Andrés de Ubilla, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M." retrieved January 12, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Domingo de Villaescusa Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Domingo de Villaescusa y Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H." GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- Alcedo, Antonio de (1786). Diccionario geográfico-histórico de las Indias Occidentales ó América: es á saber: de los reynos del Perú, Nueva España, Tierra Firme, Chile, y Nuevo reyno de Granada. Vol. vol. 1. Madrid: Benito Cano. OCLC 2414115.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) Template:Es icon - Cheney, David M. (1996). "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas / Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church: Current and historical information about its bishops and dioceses. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2007-02-11.