Diocese of Potosí
| Diocese of Potosí | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Bolivia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sucre |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1924 |
| surface | 118,218 km² |
| Parishes | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 829.410 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 729,880 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 88% |
| Diocesan priest | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,584 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 58 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora de La Paz |
| address | Casilla 113 Ayacucho 18 Potosí, Bolivia |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Potosí (Latin Dioecesis Potosiensis in Bolivia , Spanish diócesis de Potosí ) is one in Bolivia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Potosi .
history
The Diocese of Potosí was on November 11, 1924 by Pope Pius XI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Praedecessoribus Nostris from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Sucre as a suffragan .
Bishops of Potosí
- Cleto Loayza Gumiel , November 15, 1924 - December 30, 1968
- Bernardo Fey Schneider CSsR , December 30, 1968 - May 21, 1983
- Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero , October 6, 1984 - July 31, 1996, then Archbishop of La Paz
- Walter Pérez Villamonte , March 7, 1998 - November 25, 2009
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Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán , November 25, 2009 - February 11, 2020, then Archbishop of Sucre
- Sedis vacancy since February 11, 2020
See also
Web links
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