Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre, Bolivia

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.02.11 – ...):	Archbishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán (61) Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia
Auxiliary Bishop (2008.05.15 – ...):	Bishop Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer (73) Titular Bishop of Nigizubi

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Sucre (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán (61)
(2020.02.11 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

Deus spes mea

Born:	1962.11.07 (Suquistaca, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1988.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.09.15

Priest of Sucre (Bolivia) (1988.08.11 – 2005.06.30)

Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ (2005.06.30 – 2009.11.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia) (2005.06.30 – 2009.11.25)

Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia) (2009.11.25 – 2020.02.11)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2012.12 – 2015.11.06)

President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2015.11.06 – 2021.11.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (2020.02.11 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2021.11.12 – ...)

Archbishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. (81)
(2013.02.02 – 2020.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sucre (Bolivia)

Omnibus bene facere

Born:	1943.07.22 (Alquerias, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1972.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.06.18

Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari (1988.04.16 – 1994.06.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1988.04.16 – 1994.06.25)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (1991 – 1994)

Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia) (1994.06.25 – 2013.02.02)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (1997 – 2000)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2000 – 2003)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2003 – 2009)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (2013.02.02 – 2020.02.11)

Archbishop Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M.
(1989.11.06 – 2013.02.02)

Born:	1936.06.19 (Tamaraceite, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1962.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.09.08
Died:	2021.03.23 (Cochabamba, Bolivia † 84)

Titular Bishop of Lilibeo (1985.06.14 – 1989.11.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1985.06.14 – 1989.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1989.11.06 – 2013.02.02)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2009 – 2012)

Archbishop René Fernández Apaza
(1983.11.30 – 1988.04.16)

Born:	1924.01.09 (Padilla, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1948.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.04.21
Died:	2013.08.14 († 89)

Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia) (1968.03.02 – 1981.11.21)

Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia) (1975.07.30 – 1986.05.17)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1981.11.21 – 1983.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1983.11.30 – 1988.04.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1988.04.16 – 1999.07.08)

Cardinal José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R.
(1951.10.27 – 1983.11.30)

Dominus ædificatio mea

Born:	1900.03.13 (Püttlingen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1925.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.04.16
Created Cardinal:	1967.06.26
Died:	1990.06.27 (Sucre, Bolivia † 90)

Titular Bishop of Cea (1950.03.01 – 1951.10.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1950.03.01 – 1951.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1951.10.27 – 1983.11.30)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana (1967.06.29 – 1990.06.27)

President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (1968 – 1979)

Archbishop Daniel Rivero Rivero
(1940.02.03 – 1951)

Born:	1876.01.03 (Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1899.01.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.07.09
Died:	1960.05.23 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Tlous (1922.05.17 – 1931.03.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1922.05.17 – 1931.03.30)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1931.03.30 – 1940.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1940.02.03 – 1951)

Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phœnicia (1951 – 1960.05.23)

Archbishop Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M.
(1924.11.11 – 1939.10.28)

Born:	1871.10.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1894.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.05.30
Died:	1939.10.28 († 68)

Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1918.02.20 – 1923.10.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1923.10.31 – 1924.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1924.11.11 – 1939.10.28)

Metropolitan Archbishops of La Plata (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M.
(1923.10.31 – 1924.11.11)

(see above)

Archbishop Victor Arrién
(1914.01.13 – 1922.12.14)

Born:	1867.11.17 (Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1891.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.09.21
Died:	1931.09.07 († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1914.01.13 – 1922.12.14)

Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus (1922.12.14 – 1931.09.07)

Archbishop Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, O.F.M.
(1906.04.30 – 1912.02.04)

Born:	1848.11.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1871.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.10.22
Died:	1912.02.04 († 63)

Titular Archbishop of Hiericho (1905.10.02 – 1906.04.30)

Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1905.10.02 – 1906.04.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1906.04.30 – 1912.02.04)

Archbishop Miguel de los Santos Taborga
(1898.02.25 – 1906.04.30)

Born:	1833.07.05 (Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1857.01.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.05.08
Died:	1906.04.30 († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1898.02.25 – 1906.04.30)

Archbishop Pedro José Cayetano de la Llosa
(1887 – 1897.08.02)

Born:	1829.08.07
Ordained Priest:	1852.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.05.20
Died:	1897.08.02 († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1887 – 1897.08.02)

Archbishop Pedro Jose Puch y Solona
(1861.12.13 – 1885.11.25)

Born:	1813.01.30
Ordained Priest:	1836.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1862.08.24
Died:	1885.11.25 († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1861.12.13 – 1885.11.25)

Archbishop Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas
(1855.09.28 – 1858.09)

Born:	1802.02.27
Ordained Priest:	1826.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1846.12.13
Died:	1858.09 († 56)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1846.01.19 – 1855.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1855.09.28 – 1858.09)

Archbishop José María Mendizábal
(1835.07.24 – 1846.09.29)

Born:	1778.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1829.11.30
Died:	1846.09.29 († 68)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1828.12.15 – 1835.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1835.07.24 – 1846.09.29)

Archbishop Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras
(1818.03.16 – 1829)

Born:	1759.02.09 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1785
Consecrated Bishop:	1809.09.10
Died:	1829 († 70)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1806.08.26 – 1818.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1818.03.16 – 1829)

Archbishop Benito María de Moxó y Francolí, O.S.B.
(1805.06.26 – 1816.04.11)

Born:	1763.04.10 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1804.05.01
Died:	1816.04.11 († 53)

Titular Bishop of Assuras (1803.06.20 – 1805.06.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Michoacán (Mexico) (1803.06.20 – 1805.06.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1805.06.26 – 1816.04.11)

Archbishop José Campos Julián, O.C.D.
(1784.09.20 – 1804.03.25)

Born:	1727.02.17 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1780.09.17
Died:	1804.03.25 († 77)

Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) ([1778.07.30] 1778.09.28 – 1784.09.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1784.09.20 – 1804.03.25)

Archbishop Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa, O.P.
(1776.09.16 – 1782.04.29)

Consecrated Bishop:	1762.08.29
Died:	1782.04.29

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1761.04.06 – 1776.09.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1776.09.16 – 1782.04.29)

Archbishop Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar
(1762.01.25 – 1775.08.11)

Born:	1693.06.03
Ordained Priest:	1717.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1746.08.28
Died:	1775.08.11 († 82)

Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (1745 – 1762.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1762.01.25 – 1775.08.11)

Archbishop Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont
(1758.03.13 – 1760.08.28)

Born:	1697
Consecrated Bishop:	1750.08.02
Died:	1760.08.28 († 62)

Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) ([1749.01.23] 1749.04.21 – 1757.05.23)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1757.05.23 – 1758.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1758.03.13 – 1760.08.28)

Archbishop Gregorio de Molleda Clerque
(1747.09.04 – 1756.04.01)

Born:	1692.05.08
Ordained Priest:	1716.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1725.10.07
Died:	1756.04.01 († 63)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1729.08.03 – 1740.12.19)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1740.12.19 – 1747.09.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1747.09.04 – 1756.04.01)

Archbishop Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra
(1746.06.14 – 1747.12.29)

Born:	1680 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1704
Consecrated Bishop:	1733.11.22
Died:	1747.12.29 († 66)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1731.06.18 – 1742.02.28)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1742.02.28 – 1746.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1746.06.14 – 1747.12.29)

Archbishop Agustín Rodríguez Delgado
(1742.01.22 – 1746.06.14)

Born:	1674.10.04 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1726.09.08
Died:	1746.12.18 († 72)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1725.12.19 – 1731.12.17)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1731.12.17 – 1742.01.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1742.01.22 – 1746.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1746.06.14 – 1746.12.18)

Archbishop Alonso del Pozo y Silva
(1730.07.24 – 1742.01.22)

Born:	1669
Consecrated Bishop:	1715.02.10
Died:	1745.12.17 († 75)

Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) ([1713.09.01] 1713.12.11 – 1723.11.22)

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1723.11.22 – 1730.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1730.07.24 – 1742.01.22)

Archbishop Luis Francisco Romero
(1725.11.19 – 1728.11.28)

Born:	1665 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1707.08.28
Died:	1728.11.28 († 62)

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1705.01.26 – 1717.07.12)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1717.07.12 – 1725.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1725.11.19 – 1728.11.28)

Bishop Juan de Necolalde
(1723.05.12 – 1724.05.14 not possessed)

Born:	1664
Ordained Priest:	1688
Consecrated Bishop:	1716
Died:	1724.05.14 († 59)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1715.04.01 – 1723.05.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1723.05.12 – 1724.05.14 not possessed)

Archbishop Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T.
(1714.03.21 – 1723.05.12)

Born:	1642.01.03 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1703
Died:	1730.03.12 († 88)

Bishop of León (Nicaragua) ([1701.11.21] 1702.03.15 – 1708.05.14)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1708.05.14 – 1714.03.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1714.03.21 – 1723.05.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1723.05.12 – 1730.03.12)

Bishop Pedro Vázquez de Velasco
(1711 – 1714.02.26 not possessed)

Died:

1714.02.26

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1706.02.22 – 1714.02.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1711 – 1714.02.26 not possessed)

Archbishop Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés
(1694.04.19 – 1709)

Born:	1635 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1681.12.21
Died:	1709 († 74)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1680.09.23 – 1694.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1694.04.19 – 1709)

Archbishop Bartolome Gonzalez y Poveda
(1685.04.09 – 1692.11.26)

Born:	1635
Died:	1692.11.26 († 56)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1685.04.09 – 1692.11.26)

Archbishop Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora
(1679.08.30 – 1683.12.07)

Born:	1618
Consecrated Bishop:	1669.09.29
Died:	1683.12.07 († 64)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1678.06.11 – 1678.11.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1679.08.30 – 1683.12.07)

Archbishop Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros
(1672.02.08 – 1677.06.14)

Born:	1629.12.19 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1665
Died:	1708.06.28 († 78)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1664.10.06 – 1668.01.26)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1668.01.26 – 1672.02.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1672.02.08 – 1677.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1677.06.14 – 1708.06.28)

Bishop Bernardo de Isaguirre
(1669.07.15 – 1670.03.17 not possessed)

Consecrated Bishop:	1659.01.12
Died:	1670.03.17

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1654.05.18 – 1660)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1662.07.31 – 1669.07.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1669.07.15 – 1670.03.17 not possessed)

Archbishop Gaspar de Villarroel, O.E.S.A.
(1659.01.27 – 1665.10.12)

Born:	1587
Consecrated Bishop:	1638.05.02
Died:	1665.10.12 († 77)

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1637.04.20 – 1651.12.11)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1651.12.11 – 1659.01.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1659.01.27 – 1665.10.12)

Archbishop Juan Alonso y Ocón
(1651.07.17 – 1656.06.29)

Born:	1597.03.21 (Spain)
Died:	1656.06.29 († 59)

Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1638.06.14 – 1643.08.31)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1643.08.31 – 1651.07.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1651.07.17 – 1656.06.29)

Archbishop Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O. Cist.
(1645.08.21 – 1649.10.18)

Died:

1649.10.18

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1621.01.22 – 1628.07.10)

Archbishop-Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1628.07.10 – 1645.08.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1645.08.21 – 1649.10.18)

Archbishop Francisco Vega Borja, O.S.B.
(1635.07.09 – 1644.06.23)

Died:

1644.06.23

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1635.07.09 – 1644.06.23)

Archbishop Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M.
(1628.06.05 – 1630.02.05)

Consecrated Bishop:	1624.08.18
Died:	1630.02.05

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1623.05.22 – 1623.12.18)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1623.12.18 – 1628.06.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1628.06.05 – 1630.02.05)

Archbishop Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
(1625.07.30 – 1628)

Died:

1638.01.27

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1618.01 – 1625.07.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1625.07.30 – 1628)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1628 – 1638.01.27)

Archbishop Jerónimo Tiedra Méndez, O.P.
(1616.11.14 – 1623)

Consecrated Bishop:	1617
Died:	1623

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1616.11.14 – 1623)

Archbishop Alonso de Peralta
(1609.01.19 – 1616)

Died:

1616

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1609.01.19 – 1616)

Bishops of La Plata (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis López de Solís, O.E.S.A.
(1605.07.18 – 1606.07.05)

Consecrated Bishop:	1594.01.01
Died:	1606.07.05

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1592.09.07 – 1605.07.18)

Bishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1605.07.18 – 1606.07.05)

Bishop Alonso Ramírez Vergara, O.S.
(1594.06.17 – 1602.11.19)

Consecrated Bishop:	1595
Died:	1602.11.19

Bishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1594.06.17 – 1602.11.19)

Bishop Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P.
(1587.11.06 – 1592.06.25)

Died:

1592.06.25

Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (1578.01.13 – 1587.11.06)

Bishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1587.11.06 – 1592.06.25)

Bishop Alfonso Graniero Avalos
(1579.01.09 – 1585)

Died:

1585

Bishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1579.01.09 – 1585)

Bishop Domingo de Santo Tomás, O.P.
(1562.07.06 – 1570.12)

Born:	1499 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1562.12.26
Died:	1570.12 († 71)

Bishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1562.07.06 – 1570.12)

Bishop Tomás de San Martín, O.P.
(1552.06.27 – 1559)

Born:	1482 (Spain)
Died:	1559 († 77)

Bishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1552.06.27 – 1559)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop René Fernández Apaza (1981.11.21 – 1983.11.30)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, O.F.M. (1905.10.02 – 1906.04.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Walter Pérez Villamonte (1995.12.16 – 1998.03.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M. (later Archbishop) (1985.06.14 – 1989.11.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. (later Archbishop) (1976.03.06 – 1982.06.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfonso Nava Carreón (1969.05.26 – 1984.08.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Augustin Arce Mostajo (1958.05.23 – 1970.11.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M. (1949 – 1951.10.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rafael Andreu Guerrero (1804.03.26 – 1819.05.01)