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Diocese of Potosí
Dioecesis Potosiensis in Bolivia
Statistics
Country: Bolivia
Metropolitan: Sucre
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 118,218 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
723,494 (2004)
651,144 (90.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Paz
Ordinaries
Bishop: Walter Pérez Villamonte
Auxiliary Bishop: Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Potosí (Latin: Potosien(sis) in Bolivia) is a diocese located in the city of Potosí in the Ecclesiastical province of Sucre in Bolivia.

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History

  • November 11, 1924: Established as Diocese of Potosífrom the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata

Leadership

  • Bishops of Potosí (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Walter Pérez Villamonte (1998.03.07 – present)
    • Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (1984.10.06 – 1996.07.31)
    • Bishop Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.SS.R. (1968.12.30 – 1983.05.21)
    • Bishop Cleto Loayza Gumiel (1924.11.15 – 1968.12.30)

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