Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Corocoro
Catholic particular church territory
Territorial Prelature of Corocoro Praelatura Territorialis Corocorensis Prelatura Territorial de Corocoro | |
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Location | |
Country | Bolivia |
Ecclesiastical province | La Paz |
Metropolitan | La Paz |
Statistics | |
Area | 28,823 km2 (11,129 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 210,894 190,430 (90.3%) |
Parishes | 28 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 December 1949 (74 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral in Coro Coro |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Prelate | Pascual Limachi Ortiz |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero |
Bishops emeritus | Toribio 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
- Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. (1953–1965)
- Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. (1966–1991)
- Toribio Ticona Porco (1992–2012), elevated to Cardinal in 2018
- Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores (2013–2020), appointed as Archbishop of La Paz in May 2020
- Pascual Limachi Ortiz (2021–present)
See also
References
External links
- GCatholic.org
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- Archdiocese of La Paz
- Diocese of Coroico
- Diocese of El Alto
- Territorial Prelature of Corocoro
- Catholicism portal
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