# Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre (Latin: 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

## Ordinaries
### 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 – )

## Other affiliated bishops
### 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