Archdiocese of Sucre
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre is an archdiocese located in the city of Sucre in Bolivia.
History
- June 27, 1552: Established as Diocese of La Plata or Charcas from the Diocese of Cusco in Peru
- July 20, 1609: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata or Charcas
- November 11, 1924: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- *Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
- *Basilica de San Francisco in Sucre
Ordinaries
Diocese of La Plata or Charcas
- Tomás de San Martín, OP
- Fernando González de la Cuesta
- Domingo de Santo Tomás, OP
- Fernando Santillana Figueroa
- Alfonso Graniero Avalos
- Alfonso de la Cerda, OP
- Alonso Ramírez Vergara, OS
- Luis López de Solís, OSA
- Diego de Zambrana
Archdiocese of La Plata or Charcas
- Alonso de Peralta
- Jerónimo Tiedra Méndez, OP
- Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
- Francisco Sotomayor, OFM
- Francisco Vega Borja, OSB
- Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, OCist
- Juan Alonso y Ocón
- Gaspar de Villarroel, OSA
- Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes
- Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros
- Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora
- Bartolomé González y Poveda
- Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (archbishop)
- Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, OSsT
- Juan de Necolalde
- Luis Francisco Romero
- Alonso del Pozo y Silva
- Agustín Rodríguez Delgado
- Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra
- Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque
- Bernardo de Arbizu y Ugarte
- Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont
- Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar
- Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa, OP
- José Campos Julián, OCD
- Benito María de Moxó y Francolí, OSB
- Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras
- José María Mendizábal
- Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas
- Pedro Jose Puch y Solona
- Pedro José Cayetano de la Llosa, CO
- Miguel de los Santos Taborga
- Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, OFM
- Victor Arrién
Archdiocese of Sucre
- Luigi Francesco Pierini, OFM
- Daniel Rivero Rivero
- José Clemente Maurer, CSsR
- René Fernández Apaza
- Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, OFM
- Jesús Juárez Párraga, SDB
- Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán
Other affiliated bishops
Coadjutor archbishop
Auxiliary bishops
- Rafael Andreu Guerrero
- Matías Terrazas ; did not take effect
- Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, OFM, appointed Archbishop here
- Juan Tarcisio Senner, OFM, appointed Bishop of Cochabamba
- Augustin Arce Mostajo
- Alfonso Nava Carreón
- Alejandro Mestre Descals, SJ, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Paz
- Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, OFM, appointed Archbishop here
- Walter Pérez Villamonte, appointed Bishop of Potosí
- Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Juan Bravo del Rivero y Correa, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Chile in 1734
- Dionisio Ávila, appointed Bishop of La Paz in 1916
- Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí in 2005
- Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores, appointed Prelate of Corocoro in 2013