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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco

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Parishes
  
22

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Bolivia

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Sergio Alfredo Gualberti

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
197,000 km²

Bishop
  
Carlos Stetter

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 245,000 220,000 (89.8%)

Established
  
27 January 1930 (87 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Ignatius in San Ignacio de Velasco

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ignatii Velascani) is a diocese located in the city of San Ignacio de Velasco in the Ecclesiastical province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia.

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History

  • January 27, 1930: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Chiquitos from the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
  • November 3, 1994: Promoted as Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of San Ignacio de Velasco (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Carlos Stetter (1995.07.29 – present)
  • Bishop Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. (1994.11.03 – 1995.07.29)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Chiquitos (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. (1974.08.21 – 1994.11.03)
  • Bishop José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. (1949.05.12 – 1974.08.21)
  • Bishop Juan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M. (1942.02.25 – 1949)
  • Bishop Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M. (1931.01.08 – 1941)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco Wikipedia
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