Bolivia

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
22 May 2021	60.8	Installed	Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P.	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela
10 Jun 2021	47.0	Installed	Giovani Edgar Arana	Bishop of El Alto
19 Jun 2021	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez	Titular Archbishop of Virunum	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
24 Jun 2021	52.5	Appointed	Víctor Iván Vargas Galarza	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba
24 Jun 2021	52.5	Appointed	Víctor Iván Vargas Galarza	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba
8 Sep 2021	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Víctor Iván Vargas Galarza	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba
16 Dec 2021	53.6	Appointed	Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
11 Jan 2022	72.9	Died	Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Camiri
22 Feb 2022	57.2	Appointed	Mario Luis Durán Berríos	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
	57.2	Appointed	Mario Luis Durán Berríos	Titular Bishop of Lambiridi	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
	53.7	Appointed	Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
	53.7	Appointed	Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P.	Titular Bishop of Temuniana	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
	46.9	Appointed	Basilio Mamani Quispe	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
	46.9	Appointed	Basilio Mamani Quispe	Titular Bishop of Naissus	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
4 Mar 2022	86.4	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Cardinal-Priest of San Ponziano	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
22 Apr 2022	76.4	Retired	Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Apr 2022	55.0	Appointed	René Leigue Cesari	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
5 May 2022	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Mario Luis Durán Berríos	Titular Bishop of Lambiridi	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P.	Titular Bishop of Temuniana	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Basilio Mamani Quispe	Titular Bishop of Naissus	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
13 May 2022	65.3	Appointed	Luciano Suriani	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
21 May 2022	65.3	Appointed	Luciano Suriani	Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
23 Jun 2022	55.2	Installed	René Leigue Cesari	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
29 Jun 2022	60.2	Appointed	Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco
	60.2	Appointed	Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma	Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco
	60.2	Resigned	Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B.	Bishop of Bolivia, Military	Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco
7 Jul 2022	54.8	Died	Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes
9 Jul 2022	64.9	Appointed	Eugenio Coter	Apostolic Administrator of Reyes	Vicar Apostolic of Pando
27 Jul 2022	87.0	Died	Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando
31 Aug 2022	54.2	Appointed	Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Bolivia, Military	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz
8 Oct 2022	86.2	Died	Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba
3 Dec 2022	50.4	Appointed	Juan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza, O.P.	Bishop of Coroico
3 Dec 2022	75.7	Retired	Juan Vargas Aruquipa	Bishop of Coroico	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan 2023	56.4	Appointed	Angelo Accattino	Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania
31 Jan 2023	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza, O.P.	Bishop of Coroico
8 Feb 2023	93.1	Died	Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro
17 Nov 2023	55.5	Appointed	Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
18 Oct 2024	62.3	Appointed	Juan Gómez	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
23 May 2025	71.8	Retired	Ivo Scapolo	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio

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