Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre

Archdiocese of Sucre Archidioecesis Sucrensis Arquidiócesis de Sucre
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Location
Country	Bolivia
Ecclesiastical province	Sucre
Statistics
Area	49,975 km^2 (19,295 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 618,000 542,000 (87.7%)
Parishes	45
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 June 1552 (463 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Our lady of Guadalupe
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B.
Auxiliary Bishops	Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer
Emeritus Bishops	Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M.
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre (Latin: Archidioecesis Sucrensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Sucre in Bolivia.^[1][2]

History

• June 27, 1552: Established as Diocese of La Plata o Charcas from the Diocese of Cusco in Peru
• July 20, 1609: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas
• November 11, 1924: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre^[2]

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
  • Basilica de San Francisco in Sucre

Ordinaries

Diocese of La Plata o Charcas

• Tomás de San Martín, O.P. (27 Jun 1552 Appointed - 1559 Died)^[3]
• Fernando González de la Cuesta (25 Jun 1561 Appointed - 24 Sep 1561 Died)
• Domingo de Santo Tomás, O.P. (6 Jul 1562 Appointed - Dec 1570 Died)
• Fernando Santillana Figueroa (17 Oct 1572 Appointed - 1574 Died)
• Alfonso Graniero Avalos (9 Jan 1579 Appointed - 1585 Died)
• Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P. (6 Nov 1587 Appointed - 25 Jun 1592 Died)
• Alonso Ramírez Vergara, O.S. (17 Jun 1594 Appointed - 19 Nov 1602 Died)
• Luis López de Solís, O.S.A. (18 Jul 1605 Appointed - 5 Jul 1606 Died)
• Diego de Zambrana (de Carmona) (14 Jan 1608 Appointed - 1609 Died)

Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas

• Alonso de Peralta (14 Jan 1609 Appointed - 3 Dec 1614 Died)
• Jerónimo Tiedra Méndez, O.P. (14 Nov 1616 Appointed - 1623 Died)
• Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (15 Apr 1624 Appointed - 29 May 1628 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
• Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. (5 Jun 1628 Appointed - 5 Feb 1630 Died)
• Francisco Vega Borja, O.S.B. (9 Jul 1635 Appointed - 23 Jun 1644 Died)
• Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O. Cist. (21 Aug 1645 Confirmed - 13 Oct 1649 Died)
• Juan Alonso y Ocón (17 Jul 1651 Confirmed - 12 Oct 1656 Died)
• Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A. (27 Jan 1659 Appointed - 15 Oct 1665 Died)
• Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes (15 Jul 1669 Confirmed - 16 Mar 1670 Died)
• Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (8 Feb 1672 Appointed - 14 Jun 1677 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
• Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora (8 Nov 1677 Appointed - 7 Dec 1683 Died)
• Bartolomé González y Poveda (9 Apr 1685 Appointed - 26 Nov 1692 Died)
• Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (19 Apr 1694 Appointed - 1713 Died)
• Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. (21 Mar 1714 Appointed - 12 May 1723 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)^[4]
• Juan de Necolalde (12 May 1723 Appointed - 14 May 1724 Died)
• Luis Francisco Romero (19 Nov 1725 Appointed - 28 Nov 1728 Died)
• Alonso del Pozo y Silva (24 Jul 1730 Appointed - 22 Jan 1742 Resigned)
• Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (22 Jan 1742 Confirmed - 14 Jun 1746 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
• Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra (14 Jun 1746 Confirmed - 29 Dec 1746 Died)
• Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque (4 Sep 1747 Confirmed - 1 Apr 1756 Died)
• Bernardo de Arbizu y Ugarte (23 May 1757 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
• Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont (13 Mar 1758 Appointed - 28 Aug 1760 Died)
• Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar (25 Jan 1762 Appointed - 11 Aug 1775 Died)
• Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa, O.P. (16 Sep 1776 Appointed - 1782 Died)
• José Campos Julián, O.C.D. (20 Sep 1789 Appointed - 25 Mar 1804 Died)
• Benito María de Moxó y Francolí, O.S.B. (26 Jun 1805 Appointed - 11 Apr 1816 Died)
• Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras (16 Mar 1818 Confirmed - 1827 Died)
• José María Mendizábal (24 Jul 1835 Appointed - 29 Sep 1846 Died)
• Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas (28 Sep 1855 Appointed - Sep 1858 Died)
• Pedro Jose Puch y Solona (23 Dec 1861 Appointed - 25 Nov 1885 Died)
• Pedro José Cayetano de la Llosa, C.O. (14 Nov 1887 Appointed - 2 Aug 1897 Died)
• Miguel de los Santos Taborga (1 Mar 1898 Appointed - 12 Dec 1905 Died)
• Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, O.F.M. (30 Apr 1906 Appointed - 4 Feb 1912 Died)
• Victor Arrién (Arrieu) (13 Jan 1914 Confirmed - 14 Dec 1922 Resigned)

Archdiocese of Sucre

• Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M. (31 Oct 1923 Appointed - 28 Oct 1939 Died)
• Daniel Rivero Rivero (3 Feb 1940 Appointed - 26 Oct 1951 Retired)
• Cardinal José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R. (27 Oct 1951 Appointed - 30 Nov 1983 Retired)
• René Fernández Apaza (30 Nov 1983 Succeeded - 16 Apr 1988 Appointed, Archbishop of Cochabamba)
• Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M. (6 Nov 1989 Appointed - 2 Feb 2013 Retired)
• Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. (2 Feb 2013 Appointed - )

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Potosí
• Diocese of Tarija

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

References

1. GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre" retrieved December 4, 2015
2. Catholic Hierarchy: "Archdiocese of Sucre" retrieved November 13, 2015
3. Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Tomás de San Martín, O.P." retrieved November 13, 2015
4. "Archbishop Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

External links

• GCatholic.org

Coordinates: 19°02′55″S 65°15′36″W / 19.0487°S 65.2601°W