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Roman Catholic Diocese of Potosí

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Parishes
  
79

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Bolivia

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Jesús Juárez Párraga

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
118,218 km²

Emeritus bishop
  
Walter Pérez Villamonte

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 723,494 651,144 (90%)

Established
  
11 November 1924 (92 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Potosí

Bishop
  
Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Potosí (Latin: Dioecesis Potosiensis in Bolivia) is a diocese located in the city of Potosí in the Ecclesiastical province of Sucre in Bolivia.

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History

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

    • Leadership

  • Cleto Loayza Gumiel (1924.11.15 – 1968.12.30)
  • Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.Ss.R. (1968.12.30 – 1983.05.21)
  • Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (1984.10.06 – 1996.07.31) appointed, Archbishop of La Paz
  • Walter Pérez Villamonte (1998.03.07 – 2009.11.25)
  • Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán (2009.11.25 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Potosí Wikipedia
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