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Roman Catholic Diocese of Oruro

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Parishes
  
37

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Bolivia

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
53,588 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Tito Solari Capellari

Roman Catholic Diocese of Oruro

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 403,521 342,993 (85%)

Established
  
11 November 1924 (92 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Assumption in Oruro

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cochabamba

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oruro (Latin: Dioecesis Orurensis) is a diocese located in the city of Oruro in the Ecclesiastical province of Cochabamba in Bolivia.

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History

  • November 11, 1924: Established as Diocese of Oruro from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Oruro(Roman rite)
  • Bishop Krzysztof Bialasik (2005.06.30 – present)
  • Bishop Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D. (1991.11.07 – 2003.09.11)
  • Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. (1982.01.09 – 1991.02.06)
  • Archbishop René Fernández Apaza (1968.03.02 – 1981.11.21)
  • Archbishop Jorge Manrique Hurtado (1956.07.28 – 1967.07.27)
  • Archbishop Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (1953.06.17 – 1956.07.28)
  • Bishop Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M. (1951.10.26 – 1953.06.17)
  • Bishop Riccardo Chavez Alcazar (1938.01.27 – 1949.09.30)
  • Archbishop Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. (1924.11.13 – 1938.01.16)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Oruro Wikipedia
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