Bolivian Military Ordinary
| Bolivian Military Ordinary | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bolivia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Fernando Bascopé Müller SDS |
| Parishes | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Diocesan priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
The Bolivian Military Ordinariate ( Latin : Ordinariatus Militaris Boliviensis , Spanish : Obispado Castrense de Bolivia ) is a military ordinariate in Bolivia and is responsible for the Bolivian armed forces .
history
The military ordinariate in the Presidential Republic of Bolivia cares for members of the Bolivian armed forces of Catholic denomination with pastoral care. It was made by Pope John XXIII. Erected on March 19, 1961. By mutual agreement between the Holy See and the Republic of Bolivia, the seat of the Bolivian military ordinariate is in La Paz . From the proclamation of the papal bull on July 26, 1961, the bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra , Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo , was appointed as the first military bishop of Bolivia (military).
Military bishops
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo | Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | July 26, 1961 | July 30, 1975 |
| 2 | René Fernández Apaza | Bishop of Oruro Coadjutor Archbishop / Archbishop of Sucre |
July 30, 1975 | May 17, 1986 |
| 3 | Mario Lezana Vaca | Titular Bishop of Basti | May 17, 1986 | April 14, 2000 |
| 4th | Gonzalo de Jesús María del Castillo Crespo OCD |
Auxiliary Bishop in La Paz Titular Bishop of Themisonium |
April 14, 2000 | April 4, 2012 |
| 5 | Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes | April 4, 2012 | September 24, 2014 | |
| 6th | Fernando Bascopé Müller SDS | September 24, 2014 |
statistics
| year | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious male | Parishes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | ||||
| 1999 | 26th | 6th | 20th | 20th | 4th | |
| 2000 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 4th | |
| 2001 | 53 | 32 | 21st | 21st | 4th | |
| 2002 | 64 | 41 | 23 | 23 | 4th | |
| 2003 | 55 | 33 | 22nd | 1 | 22nd | 4th |
| 2004 | 55 | 33 | 22nd | 2 | 22nd | 5 |
