Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Corocoro
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.
Territorial Prelature of Corocoro Praelatura Territorialis Corocorensis Prelatura Territorial de Corocoro | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  |
| 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 (70 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral in Coro Coro |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Prelate | Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero |
| Bishops emeritus | Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. Toribio Ticona Porco |
| Map | |
 | |
History
- December 25, 1949: Established as Territorial Prelature of Corocoro from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz
Prelates of Corocoro
- Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. (1953-1965)
- Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. (1966-1991)
- Toribio Ticona Porco (1992-2012), elevated to Cardinal in 2018
- Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores (2013–2020), appointed as Archbishop of La Paz in May 2020
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
References
External links
| Province of Cochabamba | |
|---|---|
| Province of La Paz | |
| Province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
| Province of Sucre | |
| Sui iuris Jurisdictions |
|
| |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.