The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra ( la, Archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de Sierra) is an ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. It was erected as the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra by

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on July 5, 1605, and was elevated to the rank of a

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on July 30, 1975, with the suffragan see of

San Ignacio de Velasco San Ignacio de Velasco, is the capital of the José Miguel de Velasco Province and the San Ignacio de Velasco Municipality in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia. History The Jesuit mission of San Ignacio de Velasco was founded in 1748 by the ...

. The seat of its archbishop is Cathedral-Basilica of San Lorenzo. The current archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra is Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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, O.S.A. (1659–1666 Died)"Bishop Juan de Ribera, O.S.A."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016 * Pedro Vásquez de Velasco (1706–1714 Died)"Bishop Pedro Vásquez de Velasco"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016 * Jaime de Mimbela, O.P. (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, O.P. (1761–1776, appointed

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) *Alejandro José de Ochoa y Morillo (1782–1791, appointed

Bishop of La Paz The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz ( la, Archidioecesis Pacensis in Bolivia) is an archdiocese located in the city of La Paz in Bolivia.

) *José Ramón de Estrada y Orgas (1791–1792 Died) *Manuel Nicolás Rojas de Argandoña (1795–1803 Died) *Antonio de San Firmino,

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(1805–1806 Died) *Francisco Javier Aldazábal y Lodeña (1807–1812 Died) *Agustín Francisco de Otondo Escurruchea, C.O. (1816–1826 Died) *José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló (1835–1840 Appointed

Bishop of La Paz The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz ( la, Archidioecesis Pacensis in Bolivia) is an archdiocese located in the city of La Paz in Bolivia.

) *Francisco de Paula León de Aguirre Velasco (1840 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect) *Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas (1846–1855 Appointed

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) *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, C.SS.R. (1991–2013 Retired) * Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (2013–2022 Retired) * René Leigue Cesari (2022–present)

Other affiliated bishops

Coadjutor bishops

* Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. 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, M.M. (1957–1997) *Tito Solari Capellari,

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(1986–1998), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cochabamba *Nino Marzoli, C.R. (1992–2000) * Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (1999-2011), appointed Coadjutor here *Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. (2001–present) *Braulio Sáez Garcia,

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(2003–2018) *René Leigue Cesari (2013–2022), appointed Archbishop here

References

External links

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Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; "Holy Cross of the Mountain Range"), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River in the eastern Tropical Lowlands of Bolivia ...

Religious organizations established in 1605 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 17th century

1605 establishments in the Spanish Empire