Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Corocoro

Territorial Prelature of Corocoro
Praelatura Territorialis Corocorensis
Prelatura Territorial de Corocoro
Location
Country  Bolivia
Ecclesiastical province La Paz
Metropolitan La Paz
Statistics
Area 28,823 km2 (11,129 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
210,894
190,430 (90.3%)
Parishes 28
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 25 December 1949 (68 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral in Coro Coro
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Prelate Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores
Metropolitan Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero
Emeritus Bishops Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P.
Toribio Ticona Porco
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The Territorial Prelature of Corocoro (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Corocorensis) is a territorial prelature located in the city of Coro Coro in the Ecclesiastical province of La Paz in Bolivia.

History

  • December 25, 1949: Established as Territorial Prelature of Corocoro from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz

Leadership

  • Prelates of Corocoro (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores (2013.02.02 – present)
    • Bishop Toribio Ticona Porco (1992.06.04 – 2012.06.29)
    • Bishop Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. (1966.06.10 – 1991.09.05)
    • Bishop Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. (1953.03.07 – 1965.04.14)

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