Territorial Prelature of Aiquile Praelatura Territorialis Aiquilensis Prelatura Territorial de Aiquile | |
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Location | |
Country | Bolivia |
Ecclesiastical province | Cochabamba |
Metropolitan | Cochabamba |
Statistics | |
Area | 23,325 km2 (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 (62 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 |
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