Archdiocese of La Paz
| Archdiocese of La Paz | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Bolivia |
| Diocesan bishop | Percy Lorenzo Galván Flores (appointed) |
| Auxiliary bishop | Aurelio Pesoa Ribera OFM |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero |
| surface | 10,975 km² |
| Parishes | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,095,906 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 873,402 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 79.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 71 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,375 |
| Friars | 83 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 177 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora de La Paz |
| address | Calle Ballivián 1277 Casilla 259 La Paz, Bolivia |
| Website | www.arzobispadolapaz.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Territorial Prelature Corocoro Diocese Coroico Diocese El Alto |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz (Latin Archidioecesis Pacensis in Bolivia , Spanish Arquidiócesis de La Paz ) is one in Bolivia situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in La Paz .
history
The diocese of La Paz was established on July 4, 1605 from cessions of territory from the diocese of La Plata o Charcas . It was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Sucre as a suffragan . On June 18, 1943, the diocese of La Paz by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Spirituale Bonum raised to the archbishopric. The archbishopric gave up several times in its history parts of its territory to establish new dioceses.
Bishops
Bishops of La Paz
- Domingo Valderrama y Centeno OP , May 28, 1608-1616
- Pedro de Valencia , 1617-1631
- Feliciano de la Vega Padilla , 1633-22. March 1639, then Archbishop of Mexico City
- Alonso de Franco y Luna , May 30, 1639-1645
- Francisco de la Serna OSA , January 1645 – April 1647
- Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés , 23 September 1680-19. April 1694, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
- Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra OP, November 8, 1694-24. August 1697
- Nicolás Urbano de la Mota y Haro , May 12, 1702–
- Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo OSST , May 14, 1708-21. March 1714, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
- Alejo Fernando de Rojas y Acevedo , August 30, 1723–1730
- Agustín Rodríguez Delgado , December 17, 1731-22. January 1742, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
- Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra , February 28, 1742-14. June 1746, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
- José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez OP, June 14, 1746-17. November 1746
- Diego Antonio de Parada , December 18, 1752-25. January 1762, then Archbishop of Lima
- Gregorio Francisco de Campos , 1764–1787
- Remigio de La Santa y Ortega , July 24, 1797-10. August 1816
- Antonio Sánchez Matas, OFM , December 21, 1818-28. April 1827
- Francesco Leone de Aguirre , May 19, 1837–
- Calisto Clavio , September 24, 1868-4. May 1874
- Giovanni di Dio Bosque , May 4, 1874–
- Nicolás Armentia Ugarte OFM, November 12, 1901-24. November 1909
- Emanuele Giuseppe Pena , October 24, 1911–1913
- Dionisio Avila , January 27, 1916-3. July 1919
- Celestino Loza , June 20, 1920-21. January 1921
- Augusto Sieffert CSsR , November 15, 1924-24. February 1934
- Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas CMF , January 16, 1938-18. June 1943
Archbishops of La Paz
- Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas CMF, June 18, 1943–1967
- Jorge Manrique Hurtado , July 27, 1967 February 24, 1987
- Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, OFM, February 24, 1987-31. July 1996
- Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero , July 31, 1996-23. May 2020
- Percy Lorenzo Galván Flores , since May 23, 2020