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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
49,975 km²

Cathedral
  
Sucre Cathedral

Parishes
  
45

Rite
  
Country
  
Emeritus bishop
  
Jesús Pérez Rodríguez

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)618,000542,000 (87.7%)

Established
  
27 June 1552 (464 years ago)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre (Latin: Archidioecesis Sucrensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Sucre in Bolivia.

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History

  • June 27, 1552: Established as Diocese of La Plata o Charcas from the Diocese of Cusco in Peru
  • July 20, 1609: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas
  • November 11, 1924: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre
  • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
  • Basilica de San Francisco in Sucre
  • Diocese of La Plata o Charcas

  • Tomás de San Martín, O.P. (1552–1559 Died)
  • Fernando González de la Cuesta (1561–1561 Died)
  • Domingo de Santo Tomás, O.P. (1562–1570 Died)
  • Fernando Santillana Figueroa (1572–1574 Died)
  • Alfonso Graniero Avalos (1579–1585 Died)
  • Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P. (1587–1592 Died)
  • Alonso Ramírez Vergara, O.S. (1594–1602 Died)
  • Luis López de Solís, O.S.A. (1605–1606 Died)
  • Diego de Zambrana (de Carmona) (1608–1609 Died before he was consecrated)
  • Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas

  • Alonso de Peralta (1609–1614 Died)
  • Jerónimo Tiedra Méndez, O.P. (1616–1623 Died)
  • Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (1624–1628 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
  • Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. (1628–1630 Died)
  • Francisco Vega Borja, O.S.B. (1635–1644 Died)
  • Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O. Cist. (1645–1649 Died)
  • Juan Alonso y Ocón (1651–1656 Died)
  • Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A. (1659–1665 Died)
  • Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes (1669–1670 Died)
  • Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (1672–1677 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
  • Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora (1677–1683 Died)
  • Bartolomé González y Poveda (1685–1692 Died)
  • Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (archbishop) (1694–1713 Died)
  • Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. (1714–1723 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
  • Juan de Necolalde (1723–1724 Died)
  • Luis Francisco Romero (1725–1728 Died)
  • Alonso del Pozo y Silva (1730–1742 Resigned)
  • Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (1742–1746 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
  • Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra (1746–1746 Died)
  • Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque (1747–1756 Died)
  • Bernardo de Arbizu y Ugarte (Appointed 23 May 1757–Did Not Take Effect)
  • Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont (1758–1760 Died)
  • Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar (1762–1775 Died)
  • Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa, O.P. (1776–1782 Died)
  • José Campos Julián, O.C.D. (1789–1804 Died)
  • Benito María de Moxó y Francolí, O.S.B. (1805–1816 Died)
  • Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras (1818–1827 Died)
  • José María Mendizábal (1835– 1846 Died)
  • Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas (1855–1858 Died)
  • Pedro Jose Puch y Solona (1861–1885 Died)
  • Pedro José Cayetano de la Llosa, C.O. (1887–1897 Died)
  • Miguel de los Santos Taborga (1898–1905 Died)
  • Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, O.F.M. (1906–1912 Died)
  • Victor Arrién (Arrieu) (1914–1922 Resigned)
  • Archdiocese of Sucre

  • Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M. (1923–1939 Died)
  • Daniel Rivero Rivero (1940–1951 Retired)
  • Cardinal José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R. (1951–1983 Retired)
  • René Fernández Apaza (1983–1988 Appointed, Archbishop of Cochabamba)
  • Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M. (1989–2013 Retired)
  • Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. (2 Feb 2013 Appointed - )
  • Suffragan dioceses

  • Diocese of Potosí
  • Diocese of Tarija
  • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre Wikipedia


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