Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.04.22 – ...):	Archbishop René Leigue Cesari (57)
Auxiliary Bishop (2000.12.21 – ...):	Bishop Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. (67) Titular Bishop of Tigimma
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.10.18 – ...):	Bishop Juan Gómez (62) Titular Bishop of Semta

Ordinaries

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

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 (79)
(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 Aníbal Rodríguez 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 Aníbal Rodríguez 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 Phœnicia (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)

Born:	1831.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.03.02
Died:	1899.10.05 († 68)

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 Rodríguez
(1869.11.22 – 1877.05.16)

Born:	1815.12.02
Ordained Priest:	1839.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1870.04.24
Died:	1877.05.16 († 61)

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

Bishop-elect Agustín Gómez Cabezas y Sildo
(1856.06.19 – ?)

Born:	1795.08.28
Ordained Priest:	1824.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1857.01.18

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

Bishop Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas (later Archbishop)
(1846.01.19 – 1855.09.28)

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)

Bishop Francisco León de Aguirre
(1840.07.13 – 1841.12.21)

Born:	1790.02.05
Ordained Priest:	1818.03.29

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1837.05.19 – 1840.07.13 not possessed)

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

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

Born:	1774.04.08
Ordained Priest:	1798.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1836.08.14
Died:	1841.03.04 († 66)

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

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1840.07.13 – 1841.03.04)

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

Born:	1760.10.04
Ordained Priest:	1794
Died:	1826.06.13 († 65)

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

Bishop Francisco Javier Aldazábal
(1807.03.23 – 1812.06.24)

Born:	1741.12.03
Ordained Priest:	1765
Consecrated Bishop:	1809.06.11
Died:	1812.06.24 († 70)

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

Bishop Manuel Nicolás Rojas de Argandoña
(1795 – 1803.05.24)

Consecrated Bishop:	1796
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)

Born:	1737.08.31
Died:	1792 († 55)

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 González 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 Ramón Herboso y Figueroa, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1761.04.06 – 1776.09.16)

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)

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 – 1755)

Consecrated Bishop:	1747.05.07
Died:	1755

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1745.08.23 – 1755)

Bishop Andrés Vergara Uribe
(1744.08.07 – 1744)

Died:

1744

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

Bishop Bernardo de la Fuete y Rojas
(1728.04.24 – 1741.08.07)

Died:

1742?

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1728.04.24 – 1741.08.07)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1741.08.07 – 1742?)

Bishop Joannes de Moncada Hurtado de Figueroa
(1725.06.11 – 1725.12)

Born:	1676.12
Died:	1725.12 († 49)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1725.06.11 – 1725.12)

Bishop Juan Cavero de 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 Vázquez de Velasco
(1706.02.22 – 1714.02.26)

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)

Bishop Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M.
(1699.06.01 – ?)

Born:	1646.08.16
Ordained Priest:	1666
Consecrated Bishop:	1684

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1683.11.15 – 1699.06.01)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1699.06.01 – ?)

Bishop Juan de los Ríos 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 Cárdenas y Arbieto
(1682.08.22 – 1687.05.30)

Consecrated Bishop:	1681.12.21
Died:	1687.05.30

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

Bishop Juan de Isturrizaga
(1672.05.16 – 1679)

Died:

1679

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1672.05.16 – 1679)

Bishop Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce
(1663.07.07 – 1666)

Consecrated Bishop:	1641.10.14
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-elect Juan de Ribera, O.E.S.A.
(1659.11.17 – ?)

Born:	1588
Consecrated Bishop:	1660

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1659.11.17 – ?)

Bishop Juan de Dios de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1646.09.10 – 1659.11.10)

Born:	1588.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1647.11.17
Died:	1678.10.05 († 90)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1646.09.10 – 1659.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1659.11.10 – 1678.10.05)

Bishop Juan de Zapata y Figueroa
(1635.07.09 – 1642?)

Died:

1642?

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1635.07.09 – 1642?)

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

Consecrated Bishop:	1621
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 Calderón de León
(1605.07.05 – 1621)

Born:	1540
Died:	1621 († 81)

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

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (79) (2011.09.28 – 2013.05.25)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Daniel Rivero Rivero (later Archbishop) (1922.05.17 – 1931.03.30)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Belisario Santistevan (later Archbishop) (1890.06.26 – 1891.06.01)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. (1620.12.14 – 1621)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop René Leigue Cesari (57) (later Archbishop) (2012.10.31 – 2022.04.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Braulio Sáez García, O.C.D. (82) (2003.09.11 – 2018.04.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (79) (later Archbishop) (1999.05.06 – 2011.09.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nino Marzoli, C.R. (1992.08.28 – 2000.05.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tito Solari Capellari, S.D.B. (85) (later Archbishop) (1986.12.16 – 1998.03.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. (1956.11.29 – 1997.05.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Armando Gutiérrez Granier (later Archbishop) (1954.01.19 – 1956)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (later Archbishop) (1952.06.06 – 1953.06.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rafael de La Vara (later Archbishop) (1800.08.11 – 1806.03.21)