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Territorial Prelature of Corocoro
Praelatura Territorialis Corocorensis
Prelatura Territorial de Corocoro
Location
Country Bolivia
Ecclesiastical provinceLa Paz
MetropolitanLa Paz
Statistics
Area28,823 km (11,129 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
210,894
190,430 (90.3%)
Parishes28
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established25 December 1949 (75 years ago)
CathedralCathedral in Coro Coro
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PrelatePascual Limachi Ortiz
Metropolitan ArchbishopEdmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero
Bishops emeritusToribio Ticona Porco
Map

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

Prelates of Corocoro

  1. Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. (1953–1965)
  2. Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. (1966–1991)
  3. Toribio Ticona Porco (1992–2012), elevated to Cardinal in 2018
  4. Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores (2013–2020), appointed as Archbishop of La Paz in May 2020
  5. Pascual Limachi Ortiz (2021–present)

See also

References

External links

Catholic dioceses in Bolivia
Province of Cochabamba
Province of La Paz
Province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Province of Sucre
Sui iuris jurisdictions


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