Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre (Archidioecesis Sucrensis) 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

Diocese of La Plata or Charcas

 * Tomás de San Martín, OP (1552–1559 Died)
 * Fernando González de la Cuesta (1561–1561 Died)
 * Domingo de Santo Tomás, OP (1562–1570 Died)
 * Fernando Santillana Figueroa (1572–1574 Died)
 * Alfonso Graniero Avalos (1579–1585 Died)
 * Alfonso de la Cerda, OP (1587–1592 Died)
 * Alonso Ramírez Vergara, OS (1594–1602 Died)
 * Luis López de Solís, OSA (1605–1606 Died)
 * Diego de Zambrana (de Carmona) (1608–1609 Died before he was consecrated)

Archdiocese of La Plata or Charcas

 * Alonso de Peralta (1609–1614 Died)
 * Jerónimo Tiedra Méndez, OP (1616–1623 Died)
 * Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (1624–1628 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
 * Francisco Sotomayor, OFM (1628–1630 Died)
 * Francisco Vega Borja, OSB (1635–1644 Died)
 * Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, OCist (1645–1649 Died)
 * Juan Alonso y Ocón (1651–1656 Died)
 * Gaspar de Villarroel, OSA (1659–1665 Died)
 * Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes (1669–1670 Died)
 * Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (1672–1677 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
 * Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora (1677–1683 Died)
 * Bartolomé González y Poveda (1685–1692 Died)
 * Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (archbishop) (1694–1713 Died)
 * Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, OSsT (1714–1723 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
 * Juan de Necolalde (1723–1724 Died)
 * Luis Francisco Romero (1725–1728 Died)
 * Alonso del Pozo y Silva (1730–1742 Resigned)
 * Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (1742–1746 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
 * Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra (1746–1746 Died)
 * Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque (1747–1756 Died)
 * Bernardo de Arbizu y Ugarte (Appointed 23 May 1757, did not take effect)
 * Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont (1758–1760 Died)
 * Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar (1762–1775 Died)
 * Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa, OP (1776–1782 Died)
 * José Campos Julián, OCD (1789–1804 Died)
 * Benito María de Moxó y Francolí, OSB (1805–1816 Died)
 * Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras (1818–1827 Died)
 * José María Mendizábal (1835– 1846 Died)
 * Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas (1855–1858 Died)
 * Pedro Jose Puch y Solona (1861–1885 Died)
 * Pedro José Cayetano de la Llosa, CO (1887–1897 Died)
 * Miguel de los Santos Taborga (1898–1905 Died)
 * Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, OFM (1906–1912 Died)
 * Victor Arrién (Arrieu) (1914–1922 Resigned)

Archdiocese of Sucre

 * Luigi Francesco Pierini, OFM (1923–1939 Died)
 * Daniel Rivero Rivero (1940–1951 Retired)
 * José Clemente Maurer, CSsR (1951–1983 Retired) (Cardinal in 1967)
 * René Fernández Apaza (1983–1988 Appointed, Archbishop of Cochabamba)
 * Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, OFM (1989–2013 Retired)
 * Jesús Juárez Párraga, SDB (2 Feb 2013 Appointed – 11 Feb 2020 Retired)
 * Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán (11 Feb 2020 Appointed – )

Coadjutor archbishop

 * René Fernández Apaza (1981–1983)

Auxiliary bishops

 * Rafael Andreu Guerrero (1804–1819)
 * Matías Terrazas (1827); did not take effect
 * Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, OFM (1905–1906), appointed Archbishop here
 * Juan Tarcisio Senner, OFM (1948–1951), appointed Bishop of Cochabamba
 * Augustin Arce Mostajo (1958–1984)
 * Alfonso Nava Carreón (1969–1984)
 * Alejandro Mestre Descals, SJ (1976–1982), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Paz
 * Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, OFM (1985–1989), appointed Archbishop here
 * Walter Pérez Villamonte (1995–1998), appointed Bishop of Potosí
 * Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer (2008–present)

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

Suffragan dioceses

 * Diocese of Potosí
 * Diocese of Tarija