Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Roman Catholic diocese in Mexico
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Latin : Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas ) (erected 19 March 1539 as the Diocese of Chiapas ,[ 1] suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla . Its see is in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas .[ 2] [ 3] Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez was appointed new bishop on the resignation of Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel .[ 4]
Bishops
Ordinaries
Diocese of Chiapas Erected: 19 March 1539
Juan de Urteaga , O.S.H. (1539–1540 died)[ 5] Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño (1540–1540, died)[ 5] Bartolomé de las Casas , O.P. (1543–1550, resigned)[ 5] Tomás Casillas , O.P. (1551–1567, died)[ 5] Pedro Martín Fernández , O.P. (1574–1588, died)[ 5] Andrés de Ubilla , O.P. (1592–1603, appointed Bishop of Michoacán )[ 5] Lucas Duran , O.S. (1605–1607, resigned)Juan Pedro González de Mendoza , O.S.A. (1607–1608, appointed Bishop of Popayán )Juan Tomás de Blanes , O.P. (1609–1612, died)Juan de Zapata y Sandoval , O.S.A. (1613–1621, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala )Bernardino de Salazar y Frías (1621–1626, died)Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (1629–1630, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala )Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando , O.F.M. (1633–1639, appointed Bishop of Michoacán )Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana , O. Cist. (1639–1640, appointed Bishop of Cartagena )Domingo Ramírez de Arellano , O.S.H. (1640–1652, appointed Bishop of Yucatán )Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado , O.S.B. (1652–1666, died)Bernardo Cristóbal de Quirós (1670–1672, appointed Bishop of Popayán )Marcos Bravo de la Serna Manrique (1674–1680, died)Francisco Núñez de la Vega , O.P. (1682–1706, died)Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo , O.F.M. (1708–1714, appointed Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala )Jacinto Olivera y Pardo (1714–1733, died)José Cubero Ramírez de Arellano , O. de M. (1734–1752, died)José Vidal de Moctezuma y Tobar , O. de M. (1753–1766, died)Miguel Cilieza y Velasco (1767–1768, died)Lucas Ramírez Galán , O.F.M.Obs. (1769–1769, confirmed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada )Juan Manuel Garcia de Vargas y Ribera , O. de M. (1769–1774, died)Antonio Caballero y Góngora (1775–1775, confirmed Bishop of Yucatán )Francisco Polanco (1775–1784, died)Jose Martinez Palomino y Lopez de Lorena (1785–1788, resigned)Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito (1788–1795, appointed Bishop of Durango )Fermín José Fuero y Gómez Martinez Arañon (1795–1800, died)Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés , O.F.M. (1801–1815, died)Salvador de Sanmartin y Cuevas (1816–1821, died)Luis García Guillén , O. de M. (1831–1834, died)José María Luciano Becerra y Jiménez (1839–1852, appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala )Carlos María Colina y Rubio (1854–1863, appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala )Carlos Manuel Ladrón de Guevara (1863–1869, died)Germán de Ascensión Villalvazo y Rodríguez (1869–1879, died)Ramón María de San José Moreno y Castañeda , O. Carm. (1879–1882, resigned)Miguel Mariano Luque y Ayerdi (1884–1901, died)Francisco Orozco y Jiménez (1902–1912, appointed Archbishop of Guadalajara )Maximino Ruiz y Flores (1913–1920, resigned)Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (1920–1941, appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí )Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia (1944–1959, appointed Bishop of Durango )Samuel Ruiz García (1959–1964)
Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas Name Changed: 27 October 1964
Coadjutor bishop
José Raúl Vera López , O.P. (1995-1999); did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Saltillo, CoahuilaEnrique Díaz Díaz (2014-2017); did not succeed the see; appointed Bishop of Irapuato
Auxiliary bishop
References
^ Eric Zolov (26 August 2015). Iconic Mexico: An Encyclopedia from Acapulco to Zócalo ISBN 978-1-61069-044-7 In 1543 Las Casas was named bishop of Chiapa (later renamed Chiapas) in southern Mexico, a see that was very large, covering much of southern Mexico, Yucatán, and parts of Guatemala. ^ "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas" Catholic-Hierarchy.org ^ "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas" GCatholic.org . Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016^ a b "Resignation of bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico, and appointment of successor" . Vatican Press . March 11, 2017.^ a b c d e f Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin) ^ "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Retrieved April 10, 2016 .
