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Archdiocese of La Paz

Archidioecesis Pacensis in Bolivia



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 18 June 1943
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Bolivia
  • Square Kilometers: 10,975 (4,239 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.arzobispadolapaz.org/
  • Mailing Address: Calle Ballivian 1277, La Paz, Bolivia
  • Telephone: (02)2203-690; 2203-840; 2203-979
  • Fax: 2203-672

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of La Paz
4 July 1605ErectedDiocese of La Plata o Charcas Diocese of La Paz (erected)
Archdiocese of La Paz
18 June 1943ElevatedDiocese of La Paz Archdiocese of La Paz
25 December 1949Territory LostArchdiocese of La Paz (Pacajes, Sicasica, Loayza, and Inquisivi) Territorial Prelature of Corocoro (erected)
7 November 1958Territory LostArchdiocese of La Paz (Bautista Saavedra, Larecaja, Caupolicán, and Nor Yungas (except portions on the right side of the Rio Beni river)) Territorial Prelature of Coroico (erected)
25 June 1994Territory LostArchdiocese of La Paz (Muñecas, Camacho, Manco Kapac, Omasuyos, Los Andes, and Ingavi, and part of Murillo (El Alto, Zongo, and part of Achocalla)) Diocese of El Alto (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of La Paz
1950980,0001,000,00098.0%48861347,313102234122ap1951
1966850,0001,000,00085.0%491311804,72219531477ap1967
1968800,0001,200,00066.7%571502073,864165457492ap1971
19761,429,7501,505,00095.0%601381987,220718335574ap1977
19801,628,0001,809,00090.0%571301878,7051017636874ap1981
19902,286,0002,504,00091.3%5713719411,7831629123786ap1991
1999860,000974,00088.3%58821406,142312226354ap2000
2000937,4001,061,60088.3%56781346,995312827055ap2001
20011,021,7661,160,68388.0%68811496,857313529055ap2002
20021,109,9781,265,14587.7%72841567,115313630055ap2003
20031,206,7691,369,64588.1%64801448,380313131053ap2004
20041,292,8721,474,15087.7%62911538,450315233253ap2005
2013840,7931,057,28779.5%80881685,004113933353ap2014
2016873,4021,095,90679.7%71661376,3758317753ap2017
2019930,5161,208,31677.0%72611336,99628414753ap2020
2021948,9211,249,74075.9%71411128,47226413253ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of La Paz
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 159, to Page 160
  • Archdiocese of La Paz
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 35, Page 388, to Page 390

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