Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco
| Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Bolivia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Diocesan bishop | Robert Herman Flock Bever |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Carlos Stetter |
| founding | January 27, 1930 |
| surface | 197,000 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 262,600 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 236,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 89.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 20 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,613 |
| Friars | 12 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 53 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Ignacio |
| address | San Ignacio de Velasco Plaza 31 de Julio dept. Santa Cruz Bolivia |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco (Latin Dioecesis Sancti Ignatii Velascani , Spanish diócesis de San Ignacio de Velasco ) is one in Bolivia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Ignacio de Velasco .
history
The diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco was established on January 27, 1930 from the cession of territory by the diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra as the Apostolic Vicariate of Chiquitos . The Apostolic Vicariate Chiquitos gave on December 13, 1951 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate Ñuflo de Chávez .
On November 3, 1994, the Vicariate Apostolic Chiquitos was raised to the diocese. In addition, the name of the diocese was changed to San Ignacio de Velasco . The diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Chiquitos
- Berthold Bühl OFM , January 8, 1931 - 1941
- Juan Tarsicio Senner OFM, February 25, 1942-1949, then Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Sucre
- José Calasanz Rosenhammer OFM, May 12, 1949 - August 21, 1974
- Bonifaz Madersbacher OFM, August 21, 1974 - November 3, 1994
Bishops of San Ignacio de Velasco
- Bonifaz Madersbacher OFM, November 3, 1994 - July 29, 1995
- Carlos Stetter , July 29, 1995 - November 4, 2016
- Robert Herman Flock Bever , since November 4, 2016
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)