Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
| Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra Archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de Sierra Arquidiócesis de Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
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Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of St. Lawrence | |
| Location | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 2,291,000 1,805,000 (78.8%) |
| Parishes | 72 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5 July 1605 (409 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St Lawrence in Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sergio Alfredo Gualberti |
| Auxiliary Bishops |
Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman René Leigue Cesari Braulio Sáez Garcia |
| Emeritus Bishops | Julio Terrazas Sandoval |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de 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 archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is Cathedral-Basilica of San Lorenzo. The current Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra is Sergio Alfredo Gualberti.
Ordinaries
- Antonio Calderón de León (1605 - 1621)
- Fernando de Ocampo, OFM (1621 - 1632)
- Juan Francisco de Padilla, O de M (1695 - ?)
- Jaime de Mimbela, OP (1714 - 1720)
- Andrés Vergara Uribe (1741 - 1744)
- Juan Domingo González de la Reguera (1776 - 1780)
- Manuel Nicolás Rojas de Argandoña (1795 - 1803)
- Francisco Javier Aldazábal (1807 - 1816)
- Giovanni Giuseppe Baldivia (1878 - 1891)
- Giuseppe Belisario Santistevan (1891 - 1931)
- Daniel Rivero Rivero (1931 - 1940)
- Augustin Arce Mostajo (1940 - 1958)
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1958 - 1991)
- Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.Ss.R. (1991–2013)
- Sergio Alfredo Gualberti (since 2013)
Auxiliary Bishops
- Rafael de La Vara (1800 - 1806)
- Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1952 - 1953)
- José Armando Gutiérrez Granier (1954 - 1956)
- Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. (1957 - 1995)
- Tito Solari Capellari, S.D.B. (1986 - 1998)
- Nino Marzoli, C.R. (1992 - 2000)
- Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. (2001 - present)
- Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D. (2003 - present)
- René Leigue Cesari (2013 - present)
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Coordinates: 17°47′03″S 63°10′54″W / 17.7841°S 63.1818°W