Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas


The Roman Catholic 'Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas' is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla. Its see is in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas. In November 2017 Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez was appointed new bishop on the resignation of Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel.

Bishops

Ordinaries

;Diocese of Chiapas
Erected: 19 March 1539
;Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Name Changed: 27 October 1964
  • Samuel Ruiz García
  • Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel
  • Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez

    Coadjutor bishop

  • José Raúl Vera López, O.P. ; did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila
  • Enrique Díaz Díaz ; did not succeed the see; appointed Bishop of Irapuato

    Auxiliary bishop

  • Enrique Díaz Díaz, appointed Coadjutor here
  • Luis Manuel López Alfaro