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 (418 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St Lawrence in Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | René Leigue Cesari |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman |
| Bishops emeritus | Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina Braulio Sáez Garcia |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (
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 René Leigue Cesari.
Ordinaries
Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
founded July 5, 1605
- Antonio Calderón de León (1605–1621 Died)[1]
- Fernando de Ocampo, OFM (1621–1632 Died)[2]
- Juan de Zapata y Figueroa (1635–1642 Died)
- Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
- Juan de Ribera, OSA (1659–1666 Died)[3]
- OP (1672–1679 Died))[5]
- Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto (1680–1687 Died)[6]
- Juan de los Ríos y Berriz (1687–1698 Died)[7]
- OdeM (1699–1700 Died)[8]
- Pedro Vásquez de Velasco (1706–1714 Died)[9]
- OP (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, OP (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, OCarm (1805–1806 Died)
- Francisco Javier Aldazábal y Lodeña (1807–1812 Died)
- Agustín Francisco de Otondo Escurruchea, CO (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, CSsR (1991–2013 Retired)
- Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (2013–2022 Retired)
- René Leigue Cesari (2022–present)
Other affiliated bishops
Coadjutor bishops
- Fernando de Ocampo, OFM 1620–1621)
- José Belisario Santistevan Seoane (1890-1891)
- Daniel Rivero Rivero (1922-1931)
- Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (2011-2013)
Auxiliary Bishops
- Rafael de La Vara (1800–1806), appointed Archbishop of Guatemala
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1952–1953), appointed Bishop of Oruro (later returned here as Archbishop)
- José Armando Gutiérrez Granier (1954–1956), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
- Carlos Arturo Brown, MM (1957–1997)
- Tito Solari Capellari, SDB (1986–1998), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cochabamba
- Nino Marzoli, CR (1992–2000)
- Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (1999-2011), appointed Coadjutor here
- Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, OFMConv (2001–present)
- Braulio Sáez Garcia, OCD (2003–2018)
- René Leigue Cesari (2013–2022), appointed Archbishop here
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Bolivia
References
- ^ "Bishop Antonio Calderón de León" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Fernando de Ocampo, OFM" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan de Ribera, OSA" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce, OFM" retrieved January 10, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan de Esturizada, OP" 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, OdeM" 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