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Territorial Prelature of Aiquile Praelatura Territorialis Aiquilensis Prelatura Territorial de Aiquile
Location
Country	Bolivia
Ecclesiastical province	Cochabamba
Metropolitan	Cochabamba
Statistics
Area	23,325 km (9,006 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 220,000 190,000 (86.4%)
Parishes	14
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 December 1961 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Peter in Aiquile
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Prelate	Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes
Map
Website
www.diocesisdeoruro.org

The Territorial Prelature of Aiquile (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Aiquilensis) is a territorial prelature located in the city of Aiquile in the ecclesiastical province of Cochabamba in Bolivia.

History

• December 11, 1961: Established as Territorial Prelature of Aiquile from the Diocese of Cochabamba

Leadership

• Prelates of Aiquile (Roman rite), listed in reverse chronological order
  • Bishop Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M. (2009.03.25 Mar - ...)
  • Bishop Adalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M. (1986.11.22 – 2009.03.25)
  • Bishop Jacinto Eccher, O.F.M. (1961.12.16 – 1986.11.22)
• Coadjutor prelate
  • Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M. (2006-2009)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

References

External links

• GCatholic.org

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