Diocese of Coroico Dioecesis Coroicensis Diócesis de Coroico | |
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Location | |
Country | Bolivia |
Ecclesiastical province | La Paz |
Metropolitan | La Paz |
Statistics | |
Area | 31,699 km2 (12,239 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 193,600 171,000 (88.3%) |
Parishes | 8 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | November 7, 1958 (64 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St peter and St Paul in Coroico |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Juan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza, O.P. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero |
Bishops emeritus | Juan Vargas Aruquipa |
Map | |
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