Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra

founded July 5, 1605

• Antonio Calderón de León (1605–1621 Died)[1]
• Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. (1621–1632 Died)[2]
• Juan de Zapata y Figueroa (1635–1642 Died)
• Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, O.P. (1646–1659, appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
• Juan de Ribera, O.S.A. (1659–1666 Died)[3]
• Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce, O.F.M. (1666–1668 Died)[4]
• Juan de Esturizada, O.P. (1672–1679 Died))[5]
• Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto (1680–1687 Died)[6]
• Juan de los Ríos y Berriz (1687–1698 Died)[7]
• Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M. (1699–1700 Died)[8]
• Pedro Vásquez de Velasco (1706–1714 Died)[9]
• Jaime de Mimbela, O.P. (1714–1720 appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)
• Juan Cavero de Toledo (1720–1725 Appointed, Bishop of Arequipa)
• Joannes de Moncada Hurtado de Figueroa (1725–1725 Died)
• Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas (1728–1741, appointed 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, O.P. (1761–1776, appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
• Juan Domingo González de la Reguera (1776–1780, appointed Archbishop of Lima)
• Alejandro José de Ochoa y Morillo (1782–1791, appointed 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, O. Carm. (1805–1806 Died)
• Francisco Javier Aldazábal y Lodeña (1807–1812 Died)
• Agustín Francisco de Otondo Escurruchea, C.O. (1816–1826 Died)
• José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló (1835–1840 Appointed 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 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 Bishop of La Paz)
• José Belisario Santistevan Seoane (1891–1931 Died)
• Daniel Rivero Rivero (1931–1940 Appointed Archbishop of Sucre)
• Augustin Arce Mostajo (1940–1958 Resigned)
• Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1958–1975)

elevated July 30, 1975

• Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1975–1991 Retired)
• Julio Cardenal Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. (1991–2013 Retired)
• Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (25 May 2013 – present)

• Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. 1620-1621)
• José Belisario Santistevan Seoane (1890-1891)
• Daniel Rivero Rivero (1922-1931_
• Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (2011-2013)

• 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
• Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. (1957–1997)
• Tito Solari Capellari, S.D.B. (1986–1998), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cochabamba
• Nino Marzoli, C.R. (1992–2000)
• Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (1999-2011), appointed Coadjutor here
• Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. (2001–present)
• Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D. (2003–2018)
• René Leigue Cesari (2013–present)