Diocese of Coroico
| Diocese of Coroico | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Bolivia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of La Paz |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan Vargas Aruquipa |
| Vicar General | Freddy del Villar Zuñiga |
| founding | 1958 |
| surface | 31,565 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 218,215 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 173.215 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 79.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,774 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Pedro y San Pablo |
| address | Av. Sanchez Lima 2560 Coroico, Nor Yangas Bolivia |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroico (Latin Dioecesis Coroicensis , Spanish diócesis de Coroico ) is one in Bolivia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Coroico .
history
The diocese Coroico was on November 7, 1958 by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Ex quo which was established as the territorial prelature of Coroico from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of La Paz . On July 28, 1983, the territorial prelature Coroico was raised to the diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum Conster . The diocese of Coroico is subordinate to the Archdiocese of La Paz as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Coroico
- Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning OFM , April 21, 1959-28. July 1983
Bishops of Coroico
- Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning OFM, July 28, 1983–9. October 1996
- Juan Vargas Aruquipa , since August 20, 1997