Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal 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 Gutiérrez. Presently, the bishop is Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel and the auxiliary bishop is Enrique Díaz Díaz.

Ordinaries

*Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño (1539 - 1541)
*Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P. (1543 - 1550)
*Tomás Casillas, O.P. (1551 - 1567)
*Pedro de Feria, O.P. (1572 - 1588)
*Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. (1592 - 1603)
*Lucas Duran, O.S. (1605 - 1607)
*Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A. (1607 - 1608)
*Juan Tomás de Blanes, O.P. (1609 - 1612)
*Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A. (1613 - 1621)
*Bernardino de Salazar y Frías (1621 - 1626)
*Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (1629 - 1630)
*Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. (1633 - 1639)
*Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. (1639 - 1640)
*Domingo de Villaescusa y Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H. (1640 - 1651)
*Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. (1652 - 1666)
*Cristóbal Bernardo de Quiros (1670 - 1672)
*Marcos Bravo de la Serna Manrique (1674 - 1679)
*Francisco Núñez de la Vega, O.P. (1682 - 1698)
*Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. (1708 - 1713)
*Jacinto Olivera y Pardo (1714 - 1733)
*José Cubero Ramírez de Arellano, O. de M. (1734 - 1752)
*José Vidal de Moctezuma y Tobar, O. de M. (1753 - 1766)
*Miguel Cilieza y Velasco (1767 - 1768)
*Juan Manuel Garcia de Vargas y Ribera, O. de M. (1769 - 1774)
*Francisco Martínez-Polanco y López de Lerena (1775 - 1785)
*José Martínez-Palomino y López de Lerena (1785 - 1788)
*Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito (1788 - 1795)
*Fermín José Fuero y Gómez Martinez Arañon (1795 - 1800)
*Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés, O.F.M. (1801 - 1815)
*Salvador de Sanmartin y Cuevas (1816 - 1821)
*Luis García Guillén, O. de M. (1831 - 1834)
*José María Luciano Becerra y Jiménez (1839 - 1852)
*Carlos María Colina y Rubio (1854 - 1863)
*Carlos Manuel Ladrón de Guevara (1863 - 1869)
*Germán de Ascensión Villalvazo y Rodríguez (1869 - 1879)
*Ramón María de San José Moreno y Castañeda, O. Carm. (1879 - 1883)
*Miguel Mariano Luque y Ayerdi (1884 - 1901)
*José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez (1902 - 1912)
*Maximino Ruiz y Flores (1913 - 1920)
*Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (1920 - 1941)
*Lucio Torreblanca (1944 - 1959)
*Samuel Ruiz García (1959 - 2000) - Bishop Emeritus
*Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (2000 - )

Territorial losses

Episcopal See

*San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas

External links and references

*cite web|title = Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas|work=Catholic-Hierarchy|url =http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsncr.html|accessdate=2007-02-11


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