Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas

Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas
Diócesis de San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Catedral de San Cristóbal
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Tuxtla
Metropolitan San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Statistics
Area 8,740 sq mi (22,600 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,691,000
1,346,000 (79.6%)
Parishes 52
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 19 March 1539 (479 years ago)
Cathedral Saint Mark's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez
Metropolitan Archbishop Domingo Díaz Martínez
Auxiliary Bishops Enrique Díaz Díaz
Emeritus Bishops Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel
Map
Website
ualcor.wix.com/dscl

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 bishhop on the resignation of Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel.[4]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Chiapas

Erected: 19 March 1539

Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas

Name Changed: 27 October 1964

  • Samuel Ruiz García (27 Oct 1964 - 13 Mar 2000, retired)
  • Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (31 Mar 2000 - 3 November 2017, resigned)[15]
  • Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez (3 November 2017 - present)[4]

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. 1 2 {{url=http://www.news.va/en/news/387167|title=Resignation of Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico, and appointment of successor}}
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. p. 165.
  6. "Father Juan de Urteaga, O.S.H." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 4, 2016
  7. "Father Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 4, 2016
  8. "Bishop Andrés de Ubilla, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
  9. "Bishop Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  10. "Bishop Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  11. "Bishop Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  12. Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M." retrieved January 12, 2016
  13. "Bishop Domingo de Villaescusa Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  14. "Bishop Domingo de Villaescusa y Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H." GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  15. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  • Alcedo, Antonio de (1786). Diccionario geográfico-histórico de las Indias Occidentales ó América: es á saber: de los reynos del Perú, Nueva España, Tierra Firme, Chile, y Nuevo reyno de Granada. vol. 1. Madrid: Benito Cano. OCLC 2414115. (in Spanish)
  • Cheney, David M. (1996). "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas / Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church: Current and historical information about its bishops and dioceses. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2007-02-11.

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