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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra Latin Archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de Sierra is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia It was erected as the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra by Pope Paul V on July 5 1605 and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul VI on July 30 1975 with the suffragan see of San Ignacio de Velasco Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la SierraArchidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de SierraArquidiocesis de Santa Cruz de la SierraMetropolitan Cathedral Basilica of St LawrenceLocationCountryBoliviaEcclesiastical provinceSanta Cruz de la SierraStatisticsArea50 000 km2 19 000 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2010 2 291 0001 805 000 78 8 Parishes72InformationDenominationCatholic ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablished5 July 1605 418 years ago CathedralCathedral Basilica of St Lawrence in Santa Cruz de la SierraCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisMetropolitan ArchbishopRene Leigue CesariAuxiliary BishopsStanislaw Dowlaszewicz BillmanBishops emeritusSergio Alfredo Gualberti CalandrinaBraulio Saez GarciaMapWebsiteWebsite of the Archdiocese The seat of its archbishop is Cathedral Basilica of San Lorenzo The current archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra is Rene Leigue Cesari Contents 1 Ordinaries 1 1 Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra 1 2 Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Other affiliated bishops 2 1 Coadjutor bishops 2 2 Auxiliary Bishops 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksOrdinaries editDiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra edit founded July 5 1605 Antonio Calderon de Leon 1605 1621 Died 1 Fernando de Ocampo OFM 1621 1632 Died 2 Juan de Zapata y Figueroa 1635 1642 Died Juan de Arguinao y Gutierrez OP 1646 1659 appointed Archbishop of Santafe en Nueva Granada Juan de Ribera OSA 1659 1666 Died 3 Bernardino de Cardenas Ponce OFM 1666 1668 Died 4 Juan de Esturizada OP 1672 1679 Died 5 Pedro Cardenas y Arbieto 1680 1687 Died 6 Juan de los Rios y Berriz 1687 1698 Died 7 Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martin OdeM 1699 1700 Died 8 Pedro Vasquez de Velasco 1706 1714 Died 9 Jaime de Mimbela OP 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 Andres Vergara Uribe 1741 1744 Died Juan Pablo de Olmedo 1745 1755 Died Bernardo Jose Perez de Oblitas 1756 1760 Died Francisco Ramon Herboso y Figueroa OP 1761 1776 appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas Juan Domingo Gonzalez de la Reguera 1776 1780 appointed Archbishop of Lima Alejandro Jose de Ochoa y Morillo 1782 1791 appointed Bishop of La Paz Jose Ramon de Estrada y Orgas 1791 1792 Died Manuel Nicolas Rojas de Argandona 1795 1803 Died Antonio de San Firmino OCarm 1805 1806 Died Francisco Javier Aldazabal y Lodena 1807 1812 Died Agustin Francisco de Otondo Escurruchea CO 1816 1826 Died Jose Manuel Fernandez de Cordoba y Melo 1835 1840 Appointed Bishop of La Paz Francisco de Paula Leon de Aguirre Velasco 1840 Appointed Did Not Take Effect Manuel Angel del Prado Cardenas 1846 1855 Appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas Agustin Gomez Cabezas y Sildo 1856 1862 Died Francisco Javier Rodriguez 1869 1877 Died Juan Jose Baldivia Morales 1878 1891 Appointed Bishop of La Paz Jose Belisario Santistevan Seoane 1891 1931 Died Daniel Rivero Rivero 1931 1940 Appointed Archbishop of Sucre Augustin Arce Mostajo 1940 1958 Resigned Luis Anibal Rodriguez Pardo 1958 1975 Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra edit elevated July 30 1975 Luis Anibal Rodriguez Pardo 1975 1991 Retired Julio Cardenal Terrazas Sandoval CSsR 1991 2013 Retired Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina 2013 2022 Retired Rene Leigue Cesari 2022 present Other affiliated bishops editCoadjutor bishops edit Fernando de Ocampo OFM 1620 1621 Jose Belisario Santistevan Seoane 1890 1891 Daniel Rivero Rivero 1922 1931 Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina 2011 2013 Auxiliary Bishops edit Rafael de La Vara 1800 1806 appointed Archbishop of Guatemala Luis Anibal Rodriguez Pardo 1952 1953 appointed Bishop of Oruro later returned here as Archbishop Jose Armando Gutierrez Granier 1954 1956 appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz Carlos Arturo Brown MM 1957 1997 Tito Solari Capellari SDB 1986 1998 appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cochabamba Nino Marzoli CR 1992 2000 Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina 1999 2011 appointed Coadjutor here Stanislaw Dowlaszewicz Billman OFMConv 2001 present Braulio Saez Garcia OCD 2003 2018 Rene Leigue Cesari 2013 2022 appointed Archbishop hereSee also editRoman Catholicism in Bolivia List of Roman Catholic dioceses in BoliviaReferences edit Bishop Antonio Calderon de Leon Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved March 20 2016 Bishop Fernando de Ocampo OFM Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved March 20 2016 Bishop Juan de Ribera OSA Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved March 20 2016 Bishop Bernardino de Cardenas Ponce OFM retrieved January 10 2016 Bishop Juan de Esturizada OP Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved March 20 2016 Bishop Pedro Cardenas y Arbieto Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved March 20 2016 Bishop Juan de los Rios y Berriz retrieved January 10 2016 Bishop Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martin OdeM Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved March 20 2016 Bishop Pedro Vasquez de Velasco Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved March 20 2016External links editGCatholic org 17 47 03 S 63 10 54 W 17 7841 S 63 1818 W 17 7841 63 1818 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra amp oldid 1215496753, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
