Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre

The Archdiocese of Sucre (Latin: Archidioecesis Sucrensis ) is a location in Bolivia Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Sucre.

History

The Diocese of Sucre was established on 27 June 1552 of territory of the Diocese of Cuzco as a diocese La Plata o Charcas. It was the archbishopric of Lima is a suffragan. On July 20, 1609 Diocese of La Plata o Charcas was raised to an archbishopric.

On November 11, 1924, the name of the Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas was changed in Archdiocese of Sucre. The Archdiocese had in its history several times parts of its territory from the creation of new dioceses.

Bishops

Bishops of La Plata o Charcas

  • Tomás de San Martín OP, June 27, 1552 to 1559
  • Domingo de Santo Tomás OP, July 6, 1562-28. February 1570
  • Alfonso de Granero Ávalos, January 9, 1579 to 1585
  • Alfonso de la Cerda OP, November 6, 1587-25. June 1592
  • Alonso Ramírez Vergara OS 17 June, 1594-19. November 1602
  • Luis López de Solís OESA, July 18, 1605-5. July 1606

Archbishops of La Plata o Charcas

  • Alonso de Peralta 19 January, 1609 to 1616
  • Jerónimo Méndez Tiedra OP, November 14, 1616 to 1623
  • Hernando Arias de Ugarte y, April 15, 1624-29. May 1628, then Archbishop of Lima
  • Francisco Sotomayor, OFM, June 5, 1628-5. February 1630
  • Francisco Vega Borja OSB, 9 July 1635-23. June 1644
  • Pedro de Oviedo Falconi OCist, August 21, 1645-18. October 1649
  • Juan Alonso y Ocon, July 17, 1651-29. June 1656
  • Gaspar de Villarroel OESA, January 27, 1659-15. October 1665
  • Bernardo de Izaguirre Reyes, July 15, 1669-17. March 1670
  • Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros, February 8, 1672-14. June 1677, then Archbishop of Lima
  • Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora, November 8 1677-7. October 1683
  • Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés, April 19, 1694 to 1709
  • Diego Morcillo Rubio de Sunon de Robledo OSST, March 21, 1714-12. May 1723, then Archbishop of Lima
  • Juan de Necolalde, May 12, 1723-14. May 1724
  • Luis Francisco Romero, 19 November 1725-28. November 1728
  • Alonso del Pozo y Silva, July 24, 1730-22. January 1742
  • Agustín Rodríguez Delgado, January 22, 1742-14. June 1746, then Archbishop of Lima
  • Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra, June 14, 1746-29. December 1747
  • Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque, September 4, 1747-1. April 1756
  • Bernardo de Ugarte y Arbiza, March 20, 1756-20. October 1756
  • Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont, March 13, 1758-28. August 1760
  • Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar, January 25, 1762-11. August 1775
  • Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa OP 16 September, 1776-29. April 1782
  • José Antonio Campos Julián OCD, September 20, 1784-25. March 1804
  • Benito María de Moxó y Francolí OSB, June 26, 1805-11. April 1816
  • Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras, March 16, 1818 to 1827
  • José María Mendizábal, July 24, 1835 to 1855
  • Manuel Ángel Cárdenas del Prado, September 28, 1855 to 1860
  • Pedro José Puch y Solona, December 13, 1861 to 1885
  • Pedro José Cayetano de la Llosa CO, November 14, 1887-2. August 1897
  • Miguel de los Santos Taborga, February 25, 1898-30. April 1906
  • Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi OFM, April 30, 1906-4. February 1912
  • Victor Arrien, January 13, 1914-14. December 1922
  • Luigi Francesco Pierini OFM, October 31, 1923-11. November 1924

Archbishops of Sucre

  • Luigi Francesco Pierini OFM, November 11, 1924-28. October 1939
  • Daniel Rivero Rivero, February 3, 1940 to 1951
  • Josef Clemens Cardinal Maurer CSsR 27 October 1951-30. November 1983
  • René Fernández Apaza 30 November, 1983-16. April 1988, then Archbishop of Cochabamba
  • Jesús Pérez Rodríguez Gervasio OFM, November 6, 1989-2. February 2013
  • Jesús Juárez Párraga SDB, since February 2, 2013
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