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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] renamed 27 October 1964) is a
suffragan
diocese of the
Archdiocese of Tuxtla . Its
see is in
San Cristóbal de las Casas in
Chiapas .
[2]
[3] In November 2017
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, Coahuila
Enrique 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 . ABC-CLIO. p. 308.
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.
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"Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas"
Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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"Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas" GCatholic.org . Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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"Resignation of bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico, and appointment of successor" .
Vatican Press . March 11, 2017.
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Eubel, Konrad (1923).
Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 165. (in Latin)
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"Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Retrieved April 10, 2016 .