Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
| Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Bolivia |
| Diocesan bishop | Sergio Alfredo Gualberti |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Stanisław Dowlaszewicz OFM Conv René Leigue Cesari |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Braulio Sáez Garcia OCD |
| founding | 1605 |
| surface | 50,000 km² |
| Vicariates | 8 (12/29/2008) |
| Parishes | 78 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 2,466,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 1,944,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 78.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 64 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 118 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,681 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 184 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 487 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Lorenzo |
| Website | www.iglesiasantacruz.org |
| Suffragan dioceses | Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco |
San Lorenzo Cathedral in Santa Cruz de la Sierra
The Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Latin Archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de Sierra , Spanish Arquidiócesis de Santa Cruz de la Sierra ) is one in Bolivia situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra .
history
The diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra was established on July 5, 1605 from cessions of territory from the diocese of La Plata o Charcas . It was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Sucre as a suffragan . On July 30, 1975, the diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra was raised to the archbishopric. The archbishopric gave up several times in its history parts of its territory to establish new dioceses.
Bishops
Bishops of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Antonio Calderón de León , 1605-1621
- Fernando de Ocampo, OFM , 1621-1632
- Juan de Zapata y Figueroa , 1635-1642
- Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez , 1646-1659
- Juan de Ribera , 1659-1666
- Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce , 1666–1668
- Juan de Esturizada OP , 1672-1679
- Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto , 1680-1687
- Juan de los Rios y Berriz , 1687–1698
- Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín OdeM , 1699-1700
- Pedro Vázquez de Velasco , 1706-1710
- Jaime de Mimbela OP, February 26, 1714 – March 1720, then Bishop of Trujillo
- Juan Cabero y Toledo , 1720-1725
- Joannes de Moncada Hurtado de Figueroa , 1725
- Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas , 1728-1741
- Andrés Vergara Uribe , 1741–1744
- Juan Pablo de Olmedo , 1745-1755
- Bernardo José Pérez de Oblitas , 1756-1760
- Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa , 1761–1776, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
- Juan Domingo González de la Reguera , December 16, 1776-18. September 1780, then Archbishop of Lima
- Alejandro José de Ochoa y Morillo , 1782–1791
- José Ramón de Estrada y Orgas , 1791–1792
- Manuel Nicolás Rojas de Argandoña , 1795–24. May 1803
- Antonio de San Firmino OCarm , 1805–1806 (died before episcopal ordination)
- Francisco Javier Aldazábal , March 23, 1807–1812
- Agustín Francisco de Otondo , 1816–1826
- Manuel José Fernández de Cordova , 1835–1840
- Francisco de Paula León de Aguirre Velasco , 1840 (did not take office)
- Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas , 1846–1855
- Agustín Gómez Cabezas y Sildo , 1856–1862
- Francisco Javier Rodríguez , November 22, 1869–1877
- Juan José Baldivia Morales , July 15, 1878–1. June 1891
- José Belisario Santistevan , June 1, 1891–30. March 1931
- Daniel Rivero Rivero , March 30, 1931-3. February 1940, then Archbishop of Sucre
- Augustin Arce Mostajo , December 3, 1940-23. May 1958
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo , May 22, 1958-30. July 1975
Archbishops of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo, July 30, 1975–6. February 1991
- Julio Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval CSsR , February 6, 1991-25. May 2013
- Sergio Alfredo Gualberti , since May 25, 2013