Archdiocese of Sucre
Archdiocese of Sucre | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Bolivia |
Diocesan bishop | Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán |
Auxiliary bishop | Adolf Bittschi Mayer |
Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez OFM Jesús Juárez Párraga SDB |
surface | 51,524 km² |
Parishes | 50 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 684,743 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 598,657 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 87.4% |
Diocesan priest | 77 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 17 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 6,369 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 25 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 181 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe |
Website | arquidiocesisdesucre.org |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Potosí Diocese of Tarija |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre (Latin Archidioecesis Sucrensis , Spanish Arquidiócesis de Sucre ) is one in Bolivia situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Sucre .
history
The diocese of Sucre was established on June 27, 1552 from the cession of the diocese of Cuzco as the diocese of La Plata o Charcas . It was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Lima as a suffragan . On July 20, 1609, the diocese of La Plata o Charcas was raised to an archbishopric.
On November 11, 1924, the name of the Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas was changed to Archdiocese of Sucre .
The archbishopric gave up parts of its territory several times in its history to establish new bishoprics:
- Diocese of Paraguay , 1547
- Diocese of Santiago de Chile , 1561
- Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra , 1605
- Diocese of La Paz , 1608
See also
Web links
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