Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
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Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas
Diócesis de San Cristóbal de Las Casas
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Catedral de San Cristóbal
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tuxtla |
Metropolitan | San Cristóbal de Las Casas |
Statistics | |
Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,691,000 1,346,000 (79.6%) |
Parishes | 52 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 March 1539 (485 years ago) |
Cathedral | Saint Mark's Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Domingo Díaz Martínez |
Auxiliary Bishops | Enrique Díaz Díaz |
Website | |
ualcor.wix.com/dscl |
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 Chiapa, renamed 27 October 1964) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla. Its seat is in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas. As of 2011[update] the bishop was Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel and the auxiliary bishop Enrique Díaz Díaz.
Contents
Ordinaries
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 October 1964)
Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Name Changed: 27 October 1964
- Samuel Ruiz García (27 October 1964 - 13 Mar 2000 Retired)
- Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (31 Mar 2000 Appointed - )
Episcopal See
References
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