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{{Short description|Catholic ecclesiastical territory}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction      = Archdiocese<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese -->
| name              = Santa Cruz de la Sierra 
|latin              = Archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de Sierra
| local             = Arquidiócesis de Santa Cruz de la Sierra
| image             = Basílica Menor de San Lorenzo Santa Cruz Bolivia.jpg
| image_size        = 230px
| image_alt         = 
| caption           = Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of St. Lawrence
<!---- Locations ---->
| country           = [[Bolivia]]
| metropolitan      = 
| territory         = 
| province          = Santa Cruz de la Sierra
| coordinates       = <!-- Use {{coord}} -->
<!---- Statistics ---->
| area_km2          = 50,000<!-- Area in square kilometers, automatically converted --> 
| population        = 2,291,000  
|population_as_of   = 2010 
|catholics          = 1,805,000<!-- Number of Catholics in the diocese --> 
| catholics_percent = 78.8
| parishes          = 72<!-- Number of parishes in the diocese -->
| churches          = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
| congregations     = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese -->
| schools           = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
| members           = <!-- Number of members in the diocese -->
<!---- Information ---->
| denomination      = [[Catholic Church]]
| rite              = [[Roman Rite]]
| established       = 5 July 1605 ({{age|1605|7|5}} years ago)
| cathedral         = Cathedral Basilica of St Lawrence in [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]]
| cocathedral       = 
| patron            = 
| priests           = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->
<!---- Current leadership ---->
| pope              = {{Incumbent pope}}
| metro_archbishop  = [[René Leigue Cesari]]
| bishop_title      = Archbishop
| coadjutor         = 
| auxiliary_bishops = [[Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman]]
| vicar_general     = 
| emeritus_bishops  = [[Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina]]<br>[[Braulio Sáez Garcia]]
<!---- Map ---->
| map               = Erzbistum Santa Cruz de la Sierra.svg
| map_alt           = 
| map_caption       = 
<!---- Website ---->
| website           = [http://www.iglesiasantacruz.org/ Website of the Archdiocese] 
| footnotes         = 
}}
The '''Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra''' ({{langx|la|Archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de Sierra}}) is an ecclesiastical territory or [[diocese]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in [[Bolivia]]. It was erected as the '''Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra''' by [[Pope Paul V]] on July 5, 1605, and was elevated to the rank of a [[Metropolitan bishop|metropolitan archdiocese]] by [[Pope Paul VI]] on July 30, 1975, with the [[Suffragan bishop|suffragan see]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco|San Ignacio de Velasco]].

The seat of its archbishop is [[Cathedral-Basilica of San Lorenzo]]. The current archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra is [[René Leigue Cesari]].

==Ordinaries==
===Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra===
''founded July 5, 1605''
*[[Antonio Calderón de León]] (1605–1621 Died)<ref name=CathHierAntCalLeon>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcalle.html "Bishop Antonio Calderón de León"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016</ref>
*[[Fernando de Ocampo]], [[Order of Friars Minor|OFM]] (1621–1632 Died)<ref name=CathHierFernOcampo>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/boca.html "Bishop Fernando de Ocampo, OFM"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016</ref>
*[[Juan de Zapata y Figueroa]] (1635–1642 Died)
*[[Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez]], [[Order of Preachers|OP]] (1646–1659, appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogota|Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada]])
*[[Juan de Ribera (bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra)|Juan de Ribera]], [[Order of Saint Augustine|OSA]] (1659–1666 Died)<ref name=CathHierJuanRibera>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brivier.html "Bishop Juan de Ribera, OSA"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016</ref>
*[[Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce]], [[Order of Friars Minor|OFM]] (1666–1668 Died)<ref name=CathHierbernCardPon>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcarpo.html "Bishop Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce, OFM"] retrieved January 10, 2016</ref>
*[[Juan de Esturizada]], [[Order of Preachers|OP]] (1672–1679 Died))<ref name=CathHierJuanEstur>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bestur.html "Bishop Juan de Esturizada, OP"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016</ref>
*[[Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto]] (1680–1687 Died)<ref name=CathHierPedCardArb>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcayar.html "Bishop Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016</ref>
*[[Juan de los Ríos y Berriz]] (1687–1698 Died)<ref name=CathHierJuanLosBarrios>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdlrb.html "Bishop Juan de los Ríos y Berriz"] retrieved January 10, 2016</ref>
*[[Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín]], [[Mercedarians|OdeM]] (1699–1700 Died)<ref name=CathHierJuanFranPad>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdpad.html "Bishop Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, OdeM"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016</ref>
*[[Pedro Vásquez de Velasco]] (1706–1714 Died)<ref name=CathHierPedVasqVel>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvadve.html "Bishop Pedro Vásquez de Velasco"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016</ref>
*[[Jaime de Mimbela]], [[Order of Preachers|OP]] (1714–1720 appointed, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo|Bishop of Trujillo]])
*[[Juan Cavero de Toledo]] (1720–1725 Appointed, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa|Bishop of Arequipa]])
*[[Joannes de Moncada Hurtado de Figueroa]] (1725–1725 Died)
*[[Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas]] (1728–1741, appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho|Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga]])
*Andrés Vergara Uribe (1741–1744 Died)
*Juan Pablo de Olmedo (1745–1755 Died)
*Bernardo José Pérez de Oblitas (1756–1760 Died)
*Francisco Ramón Herboso y Figueroa, [[Order of Preachers|OP]] (1761–1776, appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre|Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas]])
*Juan Domingo González de la Reguera (1776–1780, appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima|Archbishop of Lima]])
*Alejandro José de Ochoa y Morillo (1782–1791, appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz|Bishop of La Paz]])
*José Ramón de Estrada y Orgas (1791–1792 Died)
*Manuel Nicolás Rojas de Argandoña (1795–1803 Died)
*Antonio de San Firmino, [[Carmelites|OCarm]] (1805–1806 Died)
*Francisco Javier Aldazábal y Lodeña (1807–1812 Died)
*Agustín Francisco de Otondo Escurruchea, [[Oratory of Saint Philip Neri|CO]] (1816–1826 Died)
*José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló (1835–1840 Appointed  [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz|Bishop of La Paz]])
*Francisco de Paula León de Aguirre Velasco (1840 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
*Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas (1846–1855 Appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre|Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas]])
*Agustín Gómez Cabezas y Sildo (1856–1862 Died)
*Francisco Javier Rodríguez (1869–1877 Died)
*Juan José Baldivia Morales (1878–1891 Appointed  [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz|Bishop of La Paz]])
*José Belisario Santistevan Seoane (1891–1931 Died)
*Daniel Rivero Rivero (1931–1940 Appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre|Archbishop of Sucre]])
*Augustin Arce Mostajo (1940–1958 Resigned)
*Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1958–1975)

===Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra===
''elevated July 30, 1975''
*Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1975–1991 Retired)
*[[Julio Terrazas Sandoval|Julio Cardenal Terrazas Sandoval]], [[Redemptorists|CSsR]] (1991–2013 Retired)
*[[Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina]] (2013–2022 Retired)
*[[René Leigue Cesari]] (2022–present)

==Other affiliated bishops==
===Coadjutor bishops===
*[[Fernando de Ocampo]], [[Order of Friars Minor|OFM]] 1620–1621)
*[[José Belisario Santistevan Seoane]] (1890–1891)
*[[Daniel Rivero Rivero]] (1922–1931)
*[[Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina]] (2011–2013)

===Auxiliary Bishops===
*Rafael de La Vara (1800–1806), appointed Archbishop of Guatemala
*Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1952–1953), appointed Bishop of Oruro (later returned here as Archbishop)
*José Armando Gutiérrez Granier (1954–1956), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
*[[Charles Arthur Brown|Carlos Arturo Brown]], [[Maryknoll|MM]] (1957–1997)
*Tito Solari Capellari, [[Salesians of Don Bosco|SDB]] (1986–1998), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cochabamba
*Nino Marzoli, [[Resurrectionist Congregation|CR]] (1992–2000)
*[[Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina]] (1999-2011), appointed Coadjutor here
*Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, [[Order of Friars Minor Conventual|OFMConv]] (2001–present)
*Braulio Sáez Garcia, [[Discalced Carmelites|OCD]] (2003–2018)
*René Leigue Cesari (2013–2022), appointed Archbishop here

==See also==
*[[Roman Catholicism in Bolivia]]
*[[List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Bolivia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dscsi.html GCatholic.org]

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