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Diocese of

Coroico

Bolivia Bolivia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: La Paz

Website: Link

History

  • 1958.11.07: Established as Territorial Prelature of Coroico / Coroicen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz)
  • 1983.07.28: Promoted as Diocese of Coroico / Coroicen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Coroico (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Vargas Aruquipa (62)Bishop Juan Vargas Aruquipa (62)
(1997.08.20 – ...)

Born:1947.03.08 (Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1980.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:1992.03.25

Titular Bishop of Bita (1992.01.15 – 1997.08.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Coroico (Bolivia) (1992.01.15 – 1997.08.20)

Bishop of Coroico (Bolivia) (1997.08.20 – ...)

Bishop Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M.
(1983.07.28 – 1996.10.09)

Born:1922.08.29 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1948.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:1959.07.14
Died:2001.11.09 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Arsamosata (1959.04.21 – 1977.12.30)

Bishop-Prelate of Coroico (Bolivia) (1959.04.21 – 1983.07.28)

Bishop of Coroico (Bolivia) (1983.07.28 – 1996.10.09)

Prelates of Coroico (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M.
(1959.04.21 – 1983.07.28)

(see above)

Former Prelates

as of 2010.02.26

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