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 km^2)
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 (477 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 Chiapa,^[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] As of 2016 the bishop was Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel and the auxiliary bishop Enrique Díaz Díaz.^[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Chiapas

Erected: 19 March 1539

• Juan de Urteaga, O.S.H. (30 Mar 1539 - 1540, died)
• Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño (16 Jul 1540 - 8 Sep 1540, died)
• Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P. (19 Dec 1543 - 11 Sep 1550, resigned)
• Tomás Casillas, O.P. (19 Jan 1551 - 29 Oct 1567, died)
• Pedro Martín Fernández, O.P. (8 Jan 1574 - 1588, died)
• Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. (21 May 1592 - 29 Jan 1603, appointed Bishop of Michoacán)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. (31 Jan 1633 - 30 May 1639, appointed Bishop of Michoacán)^[4]
• 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)
• 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 - )^[2]

References

1. 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.
2. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
3. "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.
4. Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M." retrieved January 12, 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. 1. Madrid: Benito Cano. OCLC 2414115. (Spanish)
• 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.