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Roman Catholic Diocese of El Alto

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Parishes
  
54

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Bolivia

Bishop
  
Eugenio Scarpellini

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
23,000 km²

Auxiliary bishop
  
Fernando Bascopé Müller

Roman Catholic Diocese of El Alto

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 1,220,000 905,000 (74.2%)

Established
  
25 June 1994 (22 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero

The Roman Catholic Diocese of El Alto (Latin: Dioecesis Altanus) is a diocese located in the city of El Alto in the Ecclesiastical province of La Paz in Bolivia.

Contents

History

  • 25 June 1994: Established as Diocese of El Alto from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz

    • Leadership

    The list of Bishops of El Alto (Roman rite) and their years of service:

    1. Bishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. (1994-2013) appointed, Archbishop of Sucre
    2. Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini (2013-Present)

    References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of El Alto Wikipedia
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