Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia. It was erected as the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra by Pope Paul V on July 5, 1605, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul VI on July 30, 1975, with the suffragan see of San Ignacio de Velasco.
The seat of its archbishop is Cathedral-Basilica of San Lorenzo. The current Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra is Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina.Ordinaries
Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
founded July 5, 1605
- Antonio Calderón de León
- Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M.
- Juan de Zapata y Figueroa
- Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, O.P.
- Juan de Ribera, O.S.A.
- Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce, O.F.M.
- Juan de Esturizada, O.P. )
- Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto
- Juan de los Ríos y Berriz
- Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M.
- Pedro Vásquez de Velasco
- Jaime de Mimbela, O.P.
- Juan Cavero de Toledo
- Joannes de Moncada Hurtado de Figueroa
- Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas
- Andrés Vergara Uribe
- Juan Pablo de Olmedo
- Bernardo José Pérez de Oblitas
- Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa, O.P.
- Juan Domingo González de la Reguera
- Alejandro José de Ochoa y Morillo
- José Ramón de Estrada y Orgas
- Manuel Nicolás Rojas de Argandoña
- Antonio de San Firmino, O. Carm.
- Francisco Javier Aldazábal y Lodeña
- Agustín Francisco de Otondo Escurruchea, C.O.
- José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló
- Francisco de Paula León de Aguirre Velasco
- Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas
- Agustín Gómez Cabezas y Sildo
- Francisco Javier Rodríguez
- Juan José Baldivia Morales
- José Belisario Santistevan Seoane
- Daniel Rivero Rivero
- Augustin Arce Mostajo
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo
Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
elevated July 30, 1975
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo
- Julio Cardenal Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R.
- Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina
Other affiliated bishops
Coadjutor bishops
- Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. 1620-1621)
- José Belisario Santistevan Seoane
- Daniel Rivero Rivero
Auxiliary Bishops
- Rafael de La Vara, appointed Archbishop of Guatemala
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo, appointed Bishop of Oruro
- José Armando Gutiérrez Granier, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
- Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M.
- Tito Solari Capellari, S.D.B., appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cochabamba
- Nino Marzoli, C.R.
- Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina, appointed Coadjutor here
- Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv.
- Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.
- René Leigue Cesari
