Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

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 km2 (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 (472 years ago)
Cathedral| Cathedral Basilica of Our lady of Guadalupe
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop| Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán
Auxiliary Bishops| Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer
Bishops emeritus| Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B.
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

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

## Special churches

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

## Ordinaries

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### Diocese of La Plata or Charcas

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* Tomás de San Martín, OP (1552–1559 Died)[3]
* Fernando González de la Cuesta (1561–1561 Died)[4]
* Domingo de Santo Tomás, OP (1562–1570 Died)[5]
* Fernando Santillana Figueroa (1572–1574 Died)[6]
* Alfonso Graniero Avalos (1579–1585 Died)[7]
* Alfonso de la Cerda, OP (1587–1592 Died)[8]
* Alonso Ramírez Vergara, OS (1594–1602 Died)[9]
* Luis López de Solís, OSA (1605–1606 Died)
* Diego de Zambrana (de Carmona) (1608–1609 Died before he was consecrated)[10]

### Archdiocese of La Plata or Charcas

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* Alonso de Peralta (1609–1614 Died)
* Jerónimo Tiedra Méndez, OP (1616–1623 Died)
* Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (1624–1628 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
* Francisco Sotomayor, OFM (1628–1630 Died)
* Francisco Vega Borja, OSB (1635–1644 Died)
* Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, OCist (1645–1649 Died)
* Juan Alonso y Ocón (1651–1656 Died)
* Gaspar de Villarroel, OSA (1659–1665 Died)[11]
* Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes (1669–1670 Died)
* Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (1672–1677 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
* Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora (1677–1683 Died)
* Bartolomé González y Poveda (1685–1692 Died)
* Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (archbishop) (1694–1713 Died)[12]
* Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, OSsT (1714–1723 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)[13]
* Juan de Necolalde (1723–1724 Died)
* Luis Francisco Romero (1725–1728 Died)
* Alonso del Pozo y Silva (1730–1742 Resigned)
* Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (1742–1746 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
* Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra (1746–1746 Died)
* Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque (1747–1756 Died)
* Bernardo de Arbizu y Ugarte (Appointed 23 May 1757, did not take effect)
* Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont (1758–1760 Died)
* Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar (1762–1775 Died)
* Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa, OP (1776–1782 Died)
* José Campos Julián, OCD (1789–1804 Died)
* Benito María de Moxó y Francolí, OSB (1805–1816 Died)
* Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras (1818–1827 Died)
* José María Mendizábal (1835– 1846 Died)
* Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas (1855–1858 Died)
* Pedro Jose Puch y Solona (1861–1885 Died)
* Pedro José Cayetano de la Llosa, CO (1887–1897 Died)
* Miguel de los Santos Taborga (1898–1905 Died)
* Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, OFM (1906–1912 Died)
* Victor Arrién (Arrieu) (1914–1922 Resigned)

### Archdiocese of Sucre

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* Luigi Francesco Pierini, OFM (1923–1939 Died)
* Daniel Rivero Rivero (1940–1951 Retired)
* José Clemente Maurer, CSsR (1951–1983 Retired) (Cardinal in 1967)
* René Fernández Apaza (1983–1988 Appointed, Archbishop of Cochabamba)
* Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, OFM (1989–2013 Retired)
* Jesús Juárez Párraga, SDB (2 Feb 2013 Appointed – 11 Feb 2020 Retired)
* Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán (11 Feb 2020 Appointed – )

## Other affiliated bishops

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### Coadjutor archbishop

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* René Fernández Apaza (1981–1983)

### Auxiliary bishops

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* Rafael Andreu Guerrero (1804–1819)
* Matías Terrazas (1827); did not take effect
* Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, OFM (1905–1906), appointed Archbishop here
* Juan Tarcisio Senner, OFM (1948–1951), appointed Bishop of Cochabamba
* Augustin Arce Mostajo (1958–1984)
* Alfonso Nava Carreón (1969–1984)
* Alejandro Mestre Descals, SJ (1976–1982), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Paz
* Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, OFM (1985–1989), appointed Archbishop here
* Walter Pérez Villamonte (1995–1998), appointed Bishop of Potosí
* Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer (2008–present)

### Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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* Juan Bravo del Rivero y Correa, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Chile in 1734
* Dionisio Ávila, appointed Bishop of La Paz in 1916
* Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí in 2005
* Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores, appointed Prelate of Corocoro in 2013

## Suffragan dioceses

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* Diocese of Potosí
* Diocese of Tarija

## See also

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* Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

## References

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1. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. ^ a b "Archdiocese of Sucre" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. ^ Bishop Tomás de San Martín, OP Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. ^ "Father Fernando González de la Cuesta " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 7, 2016
5. ^ Bishop Domingo de Santo Tomás, OP Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
6. ^ "Father Fernando Santillana Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 7, 2016
7. ^ "Bishop Alfonso Graniero Avalos" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 7, 2016
8. ^ Bishop Alfonso de la Cerda, OP Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
9. ^ Bishop Alonso Ramírez Vergara, OS Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 29, 2016
10. ^ "Father Diego de Zambrana (de Carmona)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
11. ^ ÄÄArchbishop Gaspar de Villarroel, OSA Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
12. ^ "Archbishop Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
13. ^ Archbishop Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, OSsT Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

## External links

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