Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Diocese of

SANTA CROCE DELLA SIERRA, DIOCESI DI

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SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA, DIOCESE OF.** - City and diocese of the State of S. Cruz in Bolivia (South America). The diocese comprises the departments of S. Cruz and Beni.

It has an area of 126,000 miles, with a population of 150,000 inhabitants, all Catholics; it has 20 parishes served by 14 diocesan priests and 23 regulars; it has a seminary, 4 male religious communities and 4 female (Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 361). The diocese was erected on 5 July 1605, as a suffragan of Lima, but in 1609 it passed under the jurisdiction of the diocese of La Plata, the present archdiocese of Sucre. The first bishop was Msgr. Antonio Calderon. Mention must be made of the missionary work in the 17th century of the Jesuits under the leadership of Fr. Cipriano Baraza, for the conversion of the Indians. The Cathedral is dedicated to the Holy Cross.

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BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Cath. Enc., XIII, p. 456; anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., LIII, pp. 1505-1508.

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1825.

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Josi, Enrico. “Santa Croce della Sierra (Santa Cruz de La Sierra), diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1825. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/santa-croce-della-sierra-santa-cruz-de-la-sierra-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Santa Croce della Sierra (Santa Cruz de La Sierra), diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1825. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/santa-croce-della-sierra-santa-cruz-de-la-sierra-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Santa Croce della Sierra (Santa Cruz de La Sierra), diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1825},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/santa-croce-della-sierra-santa-cruz-de-la-sierra-diocesi-di}
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