Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Bolivia Bolivia

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Santa Cruz de la Sierra / SanctĂŠ Crucis de Sierra (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: San Ignacio de Velasco

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Lawrence of Rome (August 10)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 18

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.04.22 – ...):Archbishop RenĂ© Leigue Cesari (57)Archbishop RenĂ© Leigue Cesari (57)
Auxiliary Bishop (2000.12.21 – ...):Bishop StanisƂaw Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. (66)Bishop StanisƂaw Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. (66)

Titular Bishop of Tigimma

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Roman Rite)

Archbishop René Leigue Cesari (57)Archbishop René Leigue Cesari (57)
(2022.04.22 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Adsum

Born:1967.03.24 (Nuevo Horizonte, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1999.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:2013.01.16

Priest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1999.08.27 – 2012.10.31)

Titular Bishop of Nepi (2012.10.31 – 2022.04.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (2012.10.31 – 2022.04.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (2022.04.22 – ...)

Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (78)Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (78)
(2013.05.25 – 2022.04.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Born:1945.11.08 (Clusone, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1971.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:1999.07.22

Priest of Bergamo (Italy) (1971.06.26 – 1999.05.06)

Titular Bishop of Arsacal (1999.05.06 – 2011.09.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1999.05.06 – 2011.09.28)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (2011.09.28 – 2013.05.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (2013.05.25 – 2022.04.22)

Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R.
(1991.02.06 – 2013.05.25)

Minister omnium

Born:1936.03.07 (Vallegrande, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1962.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:1978.06.08
Created Cardinal:2001.02.21
Died:2015.12.09 (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia † 79)

Titular Bishop of Apisa maius (1978.04.15 – 1982.01.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1978.04.15 – 1982.01.09)

Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia) (1982.01.09 – 1991.02.06)

President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (1985 – 1991)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1991.02.06 – 2013.05.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (1997 – 2012.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (2001.02.21 [2001.05.20] – 2015.12.09)

Archbishop Luis AnĂ­bal RodrĂ­guez Pardo
(1975.07.30 – 1991.02.06)

Born:1915.01.12 (Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1938.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:1952.10.05
Died:2004.03.26 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Thennesus (1952.06.06 – 1953.06.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1952.06.06 – 1953.06.17)

Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia) (1953.06.17 – 1956.07.28)

Titular Bishop of Gergis (1956.07.28 – 1958.05.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1956.07.28 – 1958.05.23)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1958.05.23 – 1975.07.30)

Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia) (1961.07.26 – 1975.07.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1975.07.30 – 1991.02.06)

President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (1980 – 1985)

Bishops of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis AnĂ­bal RodrĂ­guez Pardo (later Archbishop)
(1958.05.23 – 1975.07.30)

(see above)

Bishop Augustin Arce Mostajo
(1940.12.03 – 1958.05.23)

Born:1897.05.05 (Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1922.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:1941.02.16
Died:1984.01.09 († 86)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1940.12.03 – 1958.05.23)

Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia (1958.05.23 – 1970.11.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1958.05.23 – 1970.11.26)

Bishop Daniel Rivero Rivero (later Archbishop)
(1931.03.30 – 1940.02.03)

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 PhƓnicia (1951 – 1960.05.23)

Bishop José Belisario Santistevan (later Archbishop)
(1891.06.01 – 1930.11.22)

Born:1843.08.18 (Bolivia)
Consecrated Bishop:1891.04.05
Died:1931.03.30 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Dansara (1890.06.26 – 1891.06.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1890.06.26 – 1891.06.01)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1891.06.01 – 1930.11.22)

Titular Archbishop of Synnada (1930.11.22 – 1931.03.30)

Bishop Juan José Baldivia Morales
(1878.07.15 – 1890.12.22)

Died:1899.10.05

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1878.07.15 – 1890.12.22)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1890.12.22 – 1899.10.05)

Bishop Francisco Javier RodrĂ­guez
(1869.11.22 – 1877.05.16)

Died:1877.05.16

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1869.11.22 – 1877.05.16)

Bishop AgustĂ­n GĂłmez Cabezas y Sildo
(1856.06.19 – 1860.05.23)

Died:1860.05.23

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1856.06.19 – 1860.05.23)

Bishop Manuel Ángel del Prado Cårdenas
(1846.01.19 – 1856)

Died:1856

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1846.01.19 – 1856)

Bishop Francisco LeĂłn de Aguirre
(1840.07.13 – 1841.12.21)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1837.05.19 – 1840.07.13)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1840.07.13 – 1841.12.21)

Bishop José Manuel Fernåndez de Córdoba y Meló
(1835.07.24 – 1840.07.13)

Died:1842

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1835.07.24 – 1840.07.13)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1840.07.13 – 1842)

Bishop AgustĂ­n Francisco de Otondo, C.O.
(1816 – 1826.06.13)

Died:1826.06.13

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1816 – 1826.06.13)

Bishop Francisco Javier AldazĂĄbal
(1807.03.23 – 1812.06.24)

Died:1812.06.24

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1807.03.23 – 1812.06.24)

Bishop Manuel Nicolås Rojas de Argandoña
(1795 – 1803.05.24)

Died:1803.05.24

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1795 – 1803.05.24)

Bishop José Ramón de Estrada y Orgas
(1791.04.11 – 1792)

Died:1792

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1791.04.11 – 1792)

Bishop Alejandro José de Ochoa
(1782 – 1791.04.11)

Died:1796.05.05

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1782 – 1791.04.11)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1791.04.11 – 1796.05.05)

Bishop Juan Domingo GonzĂĄlez de la Reguera (later Archbishop)
(1776.12.16 – 1780.09.18)

Born:1720.07.21 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1777
Died:1805.03.08 († 84)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1776.12.16 – 1780.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1780.09.18 – 1805.03.08)

Bishop Francisco RamĂłn Herboso y Figueroa, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1761.04.06 – 1776.09.16)

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

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1776.09.16 – 1782)

Bishop Fernando José Pérez de Oblitas
(1757 – 1760)

Died:1760

Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1747.09.04 – 1756 not possessed)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1757 – 1760)

Bishop Juan Pablo de Olmedo
(1745.08.23 – 1757)

Died:1757

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1745.08.23 – 1757)

Bishop Andrés Vergara Uribe
(1744.08.07 – 1744)

Died:1744

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1744.08.07 – 1744)

Bishop Miguel Bernardino de la Fuente y Rojas
(1727 – 1743)

Died:1743

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1727 – 1743)

Bishop Juan Cabero y Toledo
(1720 – 1725)

Died:1741.03.20

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1720 – 1725)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1725 – 1741.03.20)

Bishop Jaime de Mimbela, O.P.
(1714.02.26 – 1720.03)

Born:1666.04.20 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1715
Died:1739.08.04 († 73)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1714.02.26 – 1720.03)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1720.03 – 1739.08.04)

Bishop Pedro VĂĄzquez de Velasco
(1706.02.22 – 1711)

Died:1713

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1706.02.22 – 1711)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1711 – 1713 not possessed)

Bishop Miguel Álvarez de Toledo, O. de M.
(1697 – 1701)

Died:1701

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1697 – 1701)

Bishop Juan Francisco de Padilla y San MartĂ­n, O. de M.
(1695.06.11 – 1696)

Died:1696

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1684 – 1695.06.11)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1695.06.11 – 1696)

Bishop Juan de los RĂ­os y Berriz, O.P.
(1687.05.27 – 1692.05.02)

Died:1692.05.02

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1687.05.27 – 1692.05.02)

Bishop Pedro CĂĄrdenas y Arbieto
(1682.08.22 – 1687.05.30)

Died:1687.05.30

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1682.08.22 – 1687.05.30)

Bishop Juan de Isturrizaga
(1672 – 1675)

Died:1675

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1672 – 1675)

Bishop Juan de Ribera, O.E.S.A.
(1671 – 1672)

Died:1672

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1671 – 1672)

Bishop Bernardino de CĂĄrdenas Ponce
(1663.07.07 – 1666)

Died:1668

Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1640.08.10 – 1663.07.07)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1663.07.07 – 1666)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1666 – 1668)

Bishop Juan de Dios de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1649 – 1661.06.17)

Died:1678.10.05

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1649 – 1661.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of SantafĂ© en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1661.06.17 – 1678.10.05)

Bishop Juan de Zapata y Figueroa
(1634.06.20 – 1648)

Died:1648

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1634.06.20 – 1648)

Bishop Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M.
(1621 – 1632)

Died:1632

Titular Bishop of Usula (1620.12.14 – 1621)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1620.12.14 – 1621)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1621 – 1632)

Bishop Antonio CalderĂłn de LeĂłn
(1605.07.05 – 1621)

Consecrated Bishop:1594
Died:1621

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1593.12.25 – 1598.05.25)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1598.05.25 – 1605.07.05)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1605.07.05 – 1621)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Sucre (↙), Aiquile (←), Cochabamba (↖), Ñuflo de Chávez (↗), San Ignacio de Velasco (→), Camiri (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 49,170 kmÂČ

Population: 2,004,000 Catholics (75.0% of 2,671,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 87 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 239 priests (43 diocesan, 196 religious), 17 deacons, 721 religious (242 brothers, 479 sisters), 16 seminarians

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