Diocese of Tarija
| Diocese of Tarija | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Bolivia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sucre |
| Diocesan bishop | Jorge Ángel Saldía Pedraza OP |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Francisco Javier Del Río Sendino |
| founding | November 11, 1924 |
| surface | 20,192 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 484,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 458,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 94.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 25 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,980 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 32 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 100 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Bernardo de Tarija |
| address | Casilla 1192 Calle General Bernardo Trigo 0769 Tarija, Bolivia |
The Diocese of Tarija (Latin Dioecesis Tariiensis , Spanish diócesis de Tarija ) is one in Bolivia situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Tarija .
history
The diocese of Tarija 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 Tarija
- Ramón Font y Farrés CMF , November 17, 1924 - August 16, 1947
- Juan Niccolai OFM , August 16, 1947-1974
- Abel Costas Montaño December 11, 1974 - October 20, 1995
- Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque , October 20, 1995 - June 2, 2004
- Francisco Javier Del Río Sendino , January 10, 2006 - October 11, 2019
- Jorge Ángel Saldía Pedraza OP , since October 11, 2019
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Tarija - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Diocese of Tarija on siic.pastoraldigital.net (Spanish)
- Entry for the Diocese of Tarija on catholic-hierarchy.org
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