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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas

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Parishes
  
52

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Phone
  
+52 967 678 6721

Bishop
  
Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
22,636 km²

Country
  
Mexico

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas

Metropolitan
  
San Cristóbal de Las Casas

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 1,691,000 1,346,000 (79.6%)

Established
  
19 March 1539 (478 years ago)

Address
  
Calle 5 de Febrero 6, Centro, 29200 San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chis., Mexico

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuxtla, San Cristóbal de las Casas

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas) (erected 19 March 1539 as the Diocese of Chiapas, renamed 27 October 1964) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla. Its see is in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas. As of 2016 the bishop was Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel and the auxiliary bishop Enrique Díaz Díaz.

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Diocese of Chiapas

Erected: 19 March 1539

  • Juan de Urteaga, O.S.H. (30 Mar 1539 - 1540, died)
  • Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño (16 Jul 1540 - 8 Sep 1540, died)
  • Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P. (19 Dec 1543 - 11 Sep 1550, resigned)
  • Tomás Casillas, O.P. (19 Jan 1551 - 29 Oct 1567, died)
  • Pedro Martín Fernández, O.P. (8 Jan 1574 - 1588, died)
  • Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. (21 May 1592 - 29 Jan 1603, appointed Bishop of Michoacán)
  • Lucas Duran, O.S. (7 Jan 1605 - 1607, resigned)
  • Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A. (7 May 1607 - 17 Nov 1608, appointed Bishop of Popayán)
  • Juan Tomás de Blanes, O.P. (12 Jan 1609 - 5 Feb 1612, died)
  • Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A. (13 Nov 1613 - 13 Sep 1621, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)
  • Bernardino de Salazar y Frías (25 Oct 1621 - 1626, died)
  • Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (3 Dec 1629 - 2 Dec 1630, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)
  • Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. (31 Jan 1633 - 30 May 1639, appointed Bishop of Michoacán)
  • Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. (3 Oct 1639 - 8 Oct 1640, appointed Bishop of Cartagena)
  • Domingo Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H. (19 Nov 1640 - 2 Dec 1652, appointed Bishop of Yucatán)
  • Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. (16 Dec 1652 - 22 Oct 1666, Died)
  • Bernardo Cristóbal de Quirós (1 Sep 1670 - 16 May 1672, appointed Bishop of Popayán)
  • Marcos Bravo de la Serna Manrique (12 Mar 1674 - Oct 1680, died)
  • Francisco Núñez de la Vega, O.P. (8 Jun 1682 - 1706, died)
  • Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. (24 Sep 1708 - 17 Jan 1714, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)
  • Jacinto Olivera y Pardo (26 Feb 1714 - 10 Jul 1733, died)
  • José Cubero Ramírez de Arellano, O. de M. (9 Jul 1734 - 20 Jun 1752, died)
  • José Vidal de Moctezuma y Tobar, O. de M. (28 May 1753 - 3 Oct 1766, died)
  • Miguel Cilieza y Velasco (27 Apr 1767 - 7 Apr 1768, died)
  • Lucas Ramírez Galán, O.F.M.Obs. (12 Jun 1769 - 21 Aug 1769, confirmed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
  • Juan Manuel Garcia de Vargas y Ribera, O. de M. (20 Nov 1769 - 14 Dec 1774, died)
  • Antonio Caballero y Góngora (29 May 1775 - 11 Sep 1775, confirmed Bishop of Yucatán)
  • Francisco Polanco (13 Nov 1775 - 20 Nov 1784, died)
  • Jose Martinez Palomino y Lopez de Lorena (19 Dec 1785 - 8 Mar 1788, resigned)
  • Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito (15 Sep 1788 - 22 Feb 1795, appointed Bishop of Durango)
  • Fermín José Fuero y Gómez Martinez Arañon (18 Dec 1795 - 14 Jul 1800, died)
  • Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés, O.F.M. (23 Dec 1801 - 14 Jun 1815, died)
  • Salvador de Sanmartin y Cuevas (22 Jul 1816 - 9 Feb 1821, died)
  • Luis García Guillén, O. de M. (28 Feb 1831 - 19 Aug 1834, died)
  • José María Luciano Becerra y Jiménez (23 Dec 1839 - 27 Sep 1852, appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala)
  • Carlos María Colina y Rubio (7 Apr 1854 - 19 Mar 1863, appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala)
  • Carlos Manuel Ladrón de Guevara (19 Mar 1863 - 28 Aug 1869, died)
  • Germán de Ascensión Villalvazo y Rodríguez (22 Nov 1869 - 8 May 1879, died)
  • Ramón María de San José Moreno y Castañeda, O. Carm. (22 Sep 1879 - 21 Sep 1882, resigned)
  • Miguel Mariano Luque y Ayerdi (13 Nov 1884 - 14 May 1901, died)
  • Francisco Orozco y Jiménez (30 May 1902 - 2 Dec 1912, appointed Archbishop of Guadalajara)
  • Maximino Ruiz y Flores (8 Jul 1913 - 8 Mar 1920, resigned)
  • Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (8 Mar 1920 - 3 Oct 1941, appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí)
  • Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia (22 Jan 1944 - 25 May 1959, appointed Bishop of Durango)
  • Samuel Ruiz García (14 Nov 1959 - 27 Oct 1964)

    • Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas

    Name Changed: 27 October 1964

  • Samuel Ruiz García (27 Oct 1964 - 13 Mar 2000, retired)
  • Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (31 Mar 2000 - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas Wikipedia
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