Central American Archbishops

Roman Catholic Archbishops:
Central America

Contains: Guatemala (Guatemala), Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán (Guatemala), Managua (Nicaragua), Panamá (Panama), San José (Costa Rica), San Salvador (El Salvador), Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

GUATEMALA [Guatemala]

Francisco Marroquin Hurtado...................1523-1563
Bernardino de Villalpando.....................1564-1569
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) 1561-1564
vacant
Pedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba............1574-1598
Bishop of León (Nicaragua) 1568-1574
vacant
Juan I Ramírez de Arellano....................1600-1609
Juan II de las Cabezas Altamirano.............1610-1615 d. 1615
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) 1602-1610, of Arequipa (Peru) sept-dec 1615
vacant
Juan III de Zapata y Sandoval.................1621-1630
Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) 1613-1621
Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia...................1630-1641 d. 1650
Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) 1629-1630, of Arequipa (Peru) 1641-1648, of Quito (Ecuador) 1648-1650
Bartolomé González Soltero....................1641-1650
vacant
Juan IV Garcilaso de la Vega.......................1652
vacant
Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique..............1657-1668 d. 1684
Bishop of Michoacán (Mexico) jan-sept 1668, Archbishop of México (Mexico) 1668-1681
Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo...1668-1675
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) 1661-1668, appointed to Tlaxcala (Mexico) 17 june 1675, but had died 13 feb.
Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño.........1675-1682 d. 1708
Bishop of Durango (Mexico) 1672-1675, of Michoacán (Mexico) 1682-1699; Archbishop of México (Mexico) 1699-1708
Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo.................1682-1702
Bishop of León (Nicaragua) 1677-1682
Mauro de Larreátegui y Colón..................1703-1711
vacant
Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo...............1713-1723 d. 1726
Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) 1708-1713, of Guadalajara (Mexico) 1723-1725
Nicolás Carlos Gómez de Cervantes y Velázquez de la Cadena...1723-1726 d. 1734
Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) 1726-1734
vacant
Juan Leandro Gómez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza.1728-1735 d. 1751
Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) 1715-1728, of Guadalajara (Mexico) 1735-1751
Pedro Pardo de Figueroa (1st Abp. 1743).......1735-1751
Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria........1752-1765
Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) 1741-1752
Pedro Cortez y Larraz.........................1766-1779 d. 1787
Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) 1779-1786
Cayetano Francos y Monroy.....................1778-1792
Juan Félix de Villegas........................1793-1800
Bishop of León (Nicaragua) 1785-1793
Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas.............1801-1805 d. 1810
Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (USA) 1794-1801
Rafael de La Vara.............................1806-1809
vacant
Francisco Ramón Valentín de Casaus y Torres...1815-1845
Apostolic Administrator of La Habana (Cuba) 1836-1845
Francisco de Paul García Peláez...............1845-1867
José Bernardo Piñol y Aycinena................1867-1881
Bishop of León (Nicaragua) 1854-1867
vacant
Ricardo Casanova y Estrada....................1886-1913
Julio Ramón Riveiro y Jacinto.................1914-1921 d. 1931
Luis J. Muñoz y Capurón.......................1921-1927
Luis Durou y Sure.............................1928-1938
Apostolic Administrator of Verapaz and Petén 1928-1935
Mariano Rossell y Arellano....................1939-1964
Mario Casariego y Acevedo.....................1964-1983
Próspero Penados del Barrio...................1983-2001 d. 2005
Bishop of San Marcos 1971-1983
Rodolfo Quezada Toruño........................2001-
Bishop of Zacapa (Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas from 1986) 1980-2001

Los ALTOS QUETZALTENANGO-TOTONICAPÁN [Guatemala] Bp. Quetzaltenango 1928; Abp. Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán 1996

Jorge García Cabalieros.......................1928-1955
Apostolic Administrator of San Marcos and of Sololá 1951-1955
Luis Manresa Formosa..........................1955-1979 d. ---
Oscar Garcia Urizar...........................1980-1987 d. 2006
Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (1st Abp. 1996)1987-2007 d. ---
Bishop of Huehuetenango 1975-1987
Oscar Julio Vian Morales......................2007-
Vicar Apostolic of El Petén 1996-2007

MANAGUA [Nicaragua] 1913

José Antonio Lezcano y Ortega.................1913-1952
Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto..........1952-1968
Bishop of Matagalpa 1932-1938
vacant
Miguel Obando Bravo...........................1970-2005 d. ---
Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano................2005-
Bishop of Matagalpa 1991-2005

PANAMA [Panama] Bishopric of Darién 1513, of Panamá 1520, Archbishopric 1925.

Juan de Quevedo Villegas......................1513-1519
Vicente de Peraza (Pirez).....................1520-1526 d. 1553
Martin de Bejar...............................1527-1530
vacant
Vicente de Valverde................................1533 d. 1543
(Appointed, but did not serve)
Tomás de Berlanga.............................1534-1537 d. 1551
vacant
Pablo de Torres...............................1546-1560
Juan de Vaca (Baca)...........................1561-1565
Francisco de Abrego...........................1566-1574
vacant
Manuel de Mercado Aldrete.....................1576-1580
Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) 1570-1576
Bartolomé de Ledesma..........................1580-1583 d. 1604
Bishop of Antequera (Mexico) 1583-1604
vacant
Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (Mechado)...1587-1593 d. 1594
Archbishop of Santafé (Colombia) 1593-1594
Pedro Duque de Rivera.....................july-dec 1594
vacant
Antonio Calderón de León......................1598-1605 d. 1621
Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) 1593-1598, of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) 1605-1621
Agustín de Carvajal...........................1605-1612 d. 1621
Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Peru) 1612-1621
Francisco de la Cámara y Raya.................1612-1624
Cristóbal Martínez de Salas...................1625-1640
Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez.................1640-1652
vacant
Bernardo de Izaguirre Reyes...................1654-1660 d. 1683
Bishop of Cuzco (Peru) 1660-1670, of Caracas (Venezuela) 1670-1683; appointed Archbishop of La Plata (Sucre, Bolivia) 1683, but died almost immediately thereafter.
vacant
Diego López de Vergara y Aguilar...................1662
(Appointed, but died soon after)
Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas...1667-1671 d. 1702
Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga 1671-1678, of Quito (Ecuador) 1678-1702
Antonio de León y Becerra.....................1671-1676 d. 1708
Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) 1676-1677, of Arequipa (Peru) 1677-1708
Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita.................1677-1688
Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) 1660-1677
Diego Ladrón de Guevara.......................1689-1699 d. 1718
Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Peru) 1699-1703, of Quito (Ecuador) 1703-1710
vacant
Juan José Llamas Rivas........................1714-1720
Juan José de Llamas y Rivas...................1716-1719
Bernardo Serrada..............................1720-1725 d. 1733
Bishop of Cuzco (Peru) 1725-1733
Agustín Rodríguez Delgado.....................1725-1731 d. 1746
Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) 1731-1742; Archbishop of La Plata (Sucre, Bolivia) 1742-1746, of Lima (Peru) june-dec 1746
Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Suñón.................1731-1741 d. 1747
Bishop of Cuzco (Peru) 1741-1747
Diego de Salinas y Cabrera.........................1741 d. c. 1741
Juan de Castañeda.............................1742-1749 d. 1762
Bishop of Cuzco (Peru) 1749-1762
Felipe Manriquez de Lara......................1749-1750 d. c. 1750
Appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Peru) 1750
Valentín Moran Menéndez.......................1750-1751 d. 1766
Bishop of Islas Canarias (Canary Islands) 1751-1761
Juan B. Tabarga....................................1751
Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria y Castro....1751-1758 d. 1777
Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) 1758-1777
Juan Manuel Jeronimo de Romaní y Carrillo.....1758-1763 d. 1768
Bishop of Cuzco (Peru) 1763-1768
Miguel Moreno y Ollo..........................1763-1770 d. c. 1770
Appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Peru) 1770
Francisco de los Ríos y Armengol..............1770-1776
José Antonio Umeres de Miranda (Humeres)......1777-1791
Remigio de La Santa y Ortega..................1792-1797 d. 1818
Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) 1797-1816, of Lérida (Spain) jun-nov 1818
Manuel Joaquín González de Acuña y Saenz......1797-1813
Simón López García............................1814-1815 d. 1831
Bishop of Orihuela (Spain) 1815-1824; Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) 1824-1831
José Higinio Durán y Martel...................1816-1823
Juan José Cabarcas González y Argüello........1835-1847
Juan Francisco del Rosario Manfredo y Ballestas...1847-1850
Eduardo Vásquez...............................1856-1869
Ignacio Antonio Parra.........................1870-1875 d. 1909
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) 1875-1909
José Telésphor Paúl Vargas....................1875-1884 d. 1889
Archbishop of Santafé (Colombia) 1884-1889
Jose Alejandro Peralta........................1886-1899
Francisco Javier Junguito.....................1901-1911
Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta (1st Abp. 1925).....1912-1933
Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria..........1933-1943
Vicar Apostolic of Darién 1926-1932
Francisco Beckmann............................1945-1963
Tomas Alberto Clavel Méndez...................1964-1968 d. 1988
Bishop of David 1955-1964
Marcos Gregorio McGrath.......................1969-1994 d. 2000
Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas 1964-1969
José Dimas Cedeño Delgado.....................1994-
Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas 1975-1994

SAN JOSE [Costa Rica] 1921

Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente..................1851-1871
Luis Bruschetti...............................1871-1880 d. 1881
Bernardo Agusto Thiel Hoffman.................1880-1901
vacant
Juan Gaspar Stork.............................1904-1920
Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez (1st Abp. 1921)....1921-1939
Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez...............1940-1952
Bishop of Alajuela 1938-1940
Rubén Odio Herrera............................1952-1959
Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós..............1960-1979 d. 1986
Román Arrieta Villalobos......................1979-2002 d. 2005
Bishop of Tilarán 1961-1979
Hugo Barrantes Ureña..........................2002-
Bishop of Puntarenas 1998-2002

SAN SALVADOR [El Salvador] 1913

Jorge de Viteri y Ungo........................1843-1846 d. 1853
Bishop of León (Nicaragua) 1849-1853
vacant
Tomás Miguel Pineda y Saldaña.................1853-1872
Luis I Cárcamo y Rodríguez....................1872-1885
vacant
Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar (1st Abp. 1913)1888-1926
Alfonso Belloso...............................1927-1938
Luis II Chávez y González.....................1938-1977 d. 1987
Oscar Amulfo Romero y Galdamez................1977-1980
Bishop of Santiago de María 1974-1977
vacant
Arturo Rivera Damas...........................1983-1994
Bishop of Santiago de María 1977-1983
Fernando Sáenz Lacalle........................1995-

TEGUCIGALPA (Comayagua) [Honduras] Bishopric of Comayagua formally erected 1561. Archbishopric of Tegucigalpa established 1916 (Comayagua re-established as a bishopric 1963).

Alfonso de Talavera...........................1531-1540 d. c. 1540: and...
Alonso de Guzman..............................1532-1535 d. c. 1535: and...
Cristóbal de Pedraza..........................1539-1553
vacant
Jerónimo de Covella...........................1556-1575
Alfonso de la Cerda...........................1578-1587 d. 1592
Bishop of Coro (Venezuela) 1587-1592
Gaspar de Andrada.............................1587-1612
Alfonso del Galdo.............................1612-1629
Luis de Cañizares.............................1629-1645
Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines) 1624-1628
vacant
Juan Merlo de la Fuente.......................1650-1665
vacant
Martín de Espinosa Monzon.....................1672-1676
Alonso Vargas y Barca.........................1677-1697
vacant
Pedro de los Reyes Ríos de la Madrid..........1699-1700 d. 1714
Bishop of Yucatán (México) 1700-1714
Juan Pérez Carpintero.........................1701-1724
Antonio López Portillo de Guadalupe...........1725-1742
Francisco de Molina...........................1743-1749
Diego Rodríguez de Rivas y Velasco............1750-1762 d. 1770
Bishop of Guadalajara (México) 1762-1770
vacant
Isidro Rodríguez Lorenzo......................1764-1767 d. 1793
Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep.) 1767-1788
Antonio Macarulla Minguilla de Aguilain.......1767-1772 d. 1781
Bishop of Durango (México) 1772-1781
Francisco José de Palencia....................1773-1775
Francisco Antonio de San Miguel Iglesia Cajiga...1777-1783 d. 1784
Bishop of Michoacán (México) 1783-1804
vacant
José Antonio de Isabela....................jun-dec 1785
vacant
Fernando Cardiñanos...........................1788-1794
Vicente Navas.................................1795-1809
vacant
Francisco de Paula Campo y Pérez..............1844-1853
Hipólito Casiano Flórez.......................1854-1857
vacant
Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda....................1861-1885
vacant
Manuel Francisco Vélez........................1887-1901
Santiago María Martinez y Cabanas (1st Abp. 1913).1902-1921
Agustín Hombach...............................1923-1933
vacant
José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona............1947-1962 d. 1968
Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández...............1962-1993 d. 2005
Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán 1958-1962
Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga..............1993-

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