Diocese of

San Cristóbal de las Casas

Mexico Mexico

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Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Cristóbal de las Casas / Chiapasen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

Contact Info

Address: 5 de feb. y 20 de nov. #1, Centro, 29200 - San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chis., Mexico

Phone: (967) 6-78-00-53

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.11.03 – ...):Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez (72)Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez (72)

Apostolic Administrator of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Auxiliary Bishop (2020.06.06 – ...):Bishop Luis Manuel López Alfaro (60)Bishop Luis Manuel López Alfaro (60)

Titular Bishop of Garba

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez (72)Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez (72)
(2017.11.03 – ...)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico)
Apostolic Administrator of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Servir y dar la vida

Born:1952.03.05 (Valle de Santiago, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1975.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1997.07.31

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1975.07.25 – 1997.05.28)

Bishop of Matehuala (Mexico) (1997.05.28 – 2006.01.28)

Bishop of Tehuacán (Mexico) (2006.01.28 – 2017.11.03)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) (2017.11.03 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2023.11.27 – ...)

Cardinal Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (83)Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (83) (later Cardinal)
(2000.03.31 – 2017.11.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort
Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico)

Cristo unico camino

Born:1940.05.01 (Chiltepec, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1963.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:1991.03.07
Created Cardinal:2020.11.28

Priest of Toluca (Mexico) (1963.08.25 – 1991.02.07)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (1991.02.07 – 2000.03.31)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1999 – 2000)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) (2000.03.31 – 2017.11.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (2020.11.28 [2020.11.29] – ...)

Bishop Samuel Ruiz García
(1964.10.27 – 2000.03.13)

Edificar y plantar

Born:1924.11.03 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1949.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:1960.01.25
Died:2011.01.24 († 86)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1960.01.25 – 1964.10.27)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) (1964.10.27 – 2000.03.13)

Bishops of Chiapas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Samuel Ruiz García
(1960.01.25 – 1964.10.27)

(see above)

Bishop Lucio Torreblanca (later Archbishop)
(1944.01.22 – 1959)

Born:1894.12.14 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1922.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:1944.03.20
Died:1961.08.24 († 66)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1944.01.22 – 1959)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico) (1959 – 1961.08.24)

Bishop Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla
(1920.03.08 – 1941.10.03)

Born:1881.10.03 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1904.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:1920.06.13
Died:1958.06.16 († 76)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1920.03.08 – 1941.10.03)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1941.10.03 – 1958.06.16)

Bishop Maximino Ruiz y Flores
(1913.07.08 – 1920.03.08)

Born:1875.08.19 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1901
Consecrated Bishop:1913.09.08
Died:1949.05.11 († 73)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1913.07.08 – 1920.03.08)

Titular Bishop of Derbe (1920.03.08 – 1949.05.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (1920.03.08 – 1949.05.11)

Bishop José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez (later Archbishop)
(1902.07.09 – 1912.12.02)

In fide et lenitate

Born:1864.11.19 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1887.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1902.08.15
Died:1936.02.18 († 71)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1902.07.09 – 1912.12.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1912.12.02 – 1936.02.18)

Bishop Miguel Mariano Luque y Ayerdi
(1884.11.13 – 1901.05.14)

Born:1838.12.16 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1865.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1884.12.27
Died:1901.05.14 († 62)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1884.11.13 – 1901.05.14)

Bishop Ramón María de San José Moreno y Castañeda, O. Carm.
(1879.09.22 – 1883.07.13)

Born:1839.09.08 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1862
Consecrated Bishop:1874.04.26
Died:1890.05.16 († 50)

Titular Bishop of Eumenia (1873.12.22 – 1879.09.22)

Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore (Mexico) (1873.12.22 – 1879.09.22)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1879.09.22 – 1883.07.13)

Titular Bishop of Augustopolis (1883.07.13 – 1890.05.16)

Bishop Germán de Ascensión Villalvazo y Rodríguez
(1869.11.22 – 1879.05.08)

Born:1829.05.28 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1852.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1869.12.05
Died:1879.05.08 († 49)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1869.11.22 – 1879.05.08)

Bishop Carlos Manuel Ladrón de Guevara
(1863.03.19 – 1869.08.28)

Born:1804.11.04 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1833
Consecrated Bishop:1864.05.08
Died:1869.08.28 († 64)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1863.03.19 – 1869.08.28)

Bishop Carlos María Colina y Rubio
(1854.04.07 – 1863.03.19)

Born:1813.11.04 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1837.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:1854.08.20
Died:1879.03.10 († 65)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1854.04.07 – 1863.03.19)

Bishop of Puebla–Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1863.03.19 – 1879.03.10)

Bishop José María Luciano Becerra y Jiménez
(1839.12.23 – 1852.07.27)

Born:1784.12.12 (Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:1848.12.29
Died:1854.12.17 († 70)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1839.12.23 – 1852.07.27)

Bishop of Puebla–Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1852.07.27 – 1854.12.17)

Bishop Luis García Guillén, O. de M.
(1831.02.28 – 1834.08.19)

Born:1763.09.03 (Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:1832.02.02
Died:1834.08.19 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Rosalia (1830.10.19 – 1831.02.28 not possessed)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1831.02.28 – 1834.08.19)

Bishop Salvador de Sanmartin y Cuevas
(1816.07.22 – 1821.02.17)

Born:1757.06.16 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1781.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:1816.10.06
Died:1821.02.17 († 63)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1816.07.22 – 1821.02.17)

Bishop Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés, O.F.M.
(1801.12.23 – 1815.06.14)

Born:1748.12.07 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1802.09.12
Died:1815.06.14 († 66)

Bishop of Linares (Mexico) (1791.12.19 – 1799.12.19)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1801.12.23 – 1815.06.14)

Bishop Fermín José Fuero y Gómez Martinez Arañon
(1795.12.18 – 1800.07.14)

Born:1749.07.07 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1796.09.11
Died:1800.07.14 († 51)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1795.12.18 – 1800.07.14)

Bishop Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito
(1788.09.15 – 1795.02.22)

Born:1727.04.15 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1789.04.19
Died:1812.02.26 († 84)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1788.09.15 – 1795.02.22)

Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1795.02.22 – 1812.02.26)

Bishop Jose Martinez Palomino y Lopez de Lorena
(1785.12.19 – 1788.03.08)

Born:1725.12.16 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1786.11.05
Died:1799.04.17 († 73)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1785.12.19 – 1788.03.08)

Bishop Francisco Polanco López de Lorena
(1775.11.13 – 1785)

Born:1717.04.11 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1776
Died:1785 († 68)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1775.11.13 – 1785)

Bishop Juan Manuel Garcia de Vargas y Ribera, O. de M.
(1769.11.20 – 1774.12.14)

Died:1774.12.14

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1769.11.20 – 1774.12.14)

Bishop Miguel Cilieza y Velasco
(1767.04.27 – 1768.04.07)

Born:1708 (Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:1765.06.24
Died:1768.04.07 († 59)

Titular Bishop of Adramyttium (1765.04.22 – 1767.04.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1765.04.22 – 1767.04.27)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1767.04.27 – 1768.04.07)

Bishop José Vidal de Moctezuma y Tobar, O. de M.
(1753.05.28 – 1766.10.02)

Born:1696
Consecrated Bishop:1754.06.02
Died:1766.10.02 († 69)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1753.05.28 – 1766.10.02)

Bishop José Cubero Ramírez de Arellano, O. de M.
(1734.07.09 – 1752.06.20)

Born:1671.12.02 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1735.07.10
Died:1752.06.20 († 80)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1734.07.09 – 1752.06.20)

Bishop Jacinto Olivera y Pardo
(1714.02.26 – 1733.07.10)

Born:1659 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1714.12.27
Died:1733.07.10 († 73)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1714.02.26 – 1733.07.10)

Bishop Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M.
(1708.09.24 – 1713.12.09)

Born:1655.05.28 (El Salvador)
Consecrated Bishop:1708.12.15
Died:1726.07.10 († 71)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1708.09.24 – 1713.12.09)

Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1713.12.09 – 1723.07.02)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1723.07.02 – 1725)

Bishop Francisco Núñez de la Vega, O.P.
(1682.06.08 – 1698)

Died:1698

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1682.06.08 – 1698)

Bishop Marcos Bravo de la Serna Manrique
(1674.03.12 – 1679)

Consecrated Bishop:1674.06
Died:1679

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1674.03.12 – 1679)

Bishop Cristóbal Bernardo de Quiros
(1670.09.01 – 1672.05.16)

Died:1868

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1670.09.01 – 1672.05.16)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1672.05.16 – 1868)

Bishop Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B.
(1652.12.16 – 1666.10.22)

Born:1586 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1639.12.18
Died:1666.10.22 († 79)

Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1639.10.03 – 1652.12.16)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1652.12.16 – 1666.10.22)

Bishop Domingo de Villaescusa y Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H.
(1640.11.19 – 1651.12.02)

Born:1568 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1641.03.24
Died:1652.07.02 († 83)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1640.11.19 – 1651.12.02)

Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1651.12.02 – 1652.07.02)

Bishop Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist.
(1639.10.03 – 1640.10.08)

Born:1599 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1640.07.02
Died:1649.02.18 († 49)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1639.10.03 – 1640.10.08)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1640.10.08 – 1649.02.18)

Bishop Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1633.01.31 – 1639.05.30)

Born:1592.04.24 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1633.06.06
Died:1667.05.14 († 75)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1633.01.31 – 1639.05.30)

Bishop of Michoacán (Mexico) (1639.05.30 – 1666.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1666.12.15 – 1667.05.14)

Bishop Agustín Ligarte y Saravia
(1629.12.03 – 1630.12.02)

Died:1650.12.06

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1629.12.03 – 1630.12.02)

Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1630.12.02 – 1641)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1641 – 1647)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1648 – 1650.12.06)

Bishop Bernardino de Salazar y Frías
(1621.10.25 – 1626)

Consecrated Bishop:1623.10.15
Died:1626

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1621.10.25 – 1626)

Bishop Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.E.S.A.
(1613.11.13 – 1621.09.13)

Born:1545 (Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:1613.11.23
Died:1630.01.09 († 84)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1613.11.13 – 1621.09.13)

Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1621.09.13 – 1630.01.09)

Bishop Juan Tomás de Blanes, O.P.
(1609.01.12 – 1612.02.05)

Died:1612.02.05

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1609.01.12 – 1612.02.05)

Bishop Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.E.S.A.
(1607.05.07 – 1608.11.17)

Born:1545 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1593.06.07
Died:1618.02.14 († 72)

Bishop of Lipari (Italy) (1593.05.31 – 1599)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1607.05.07 – 1608.11.17)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1608.11.17 – 1618.02.14)

Bishop Lucas Duran, O.S.
(1605.01.07 – 1607)

Died:1617.12.21

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1605.01.07 – 1607)

Bishop of Albarracin (Spain) (1611.08.17 – 1617.12.21)

Bishop Andrés de Ubilla, O.P.
(1592.05.21 – 1603.01.29)

Born:1540 (Spain)
Died:1603.05 († 62)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1592.05.21 – 1603.01.29)

Bishop of Michoacán (Mexico) (1603.01.29 – 1603.05)

Bishop Pedro de Feria, O.P.
(1572.04.30 – 1588)

Born:1524 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1574.01.08
Died:1588 († 64)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1572.04.30 – 1588)

Bishop Tomás Casillas, O.P.
(1551.01.19 – 1567.10.29)

Consecrated Bishop:1552
Died:1567.10.29

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1551.01.19 – 1567.10.29)

Bishop Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P.
(1543.12.19 – 1550.09.11)

Born:1474.11.11 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1510
Consecrated Bishop:1544.03.30
Died:1566.07.31 († 91)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1543.12.19 – 1550.09.11)

Bishop Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño
(1539 – 1541.09.08)

Consecrated Bishop:1541.02.15
Died:1541.09.08

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1539 – 1541.09.08)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Tuxtla Gutiérrez (←), Tabasco (↖), El Petén (→), Quiché (↘), Huehuetenango (↘), Tapachula (↓)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 36,821 km²

Population: 1,608,000 Catholics (64.2% of 2,503,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 57 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 139 priests (135 diocesan, 4 religious), 446 deacons, 184 religious (11 brothers, 173 sisters), 32 seminarians

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