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Diocese of El Alto

Dioecesis Altana



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Bishop(s)

  • Giovani Edgar Arana, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 June 1994
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of La Paz
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Bolivia
  • Square Kilometers: 23,000 (8,883 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Zona Ferropetrol, Plaza Boris Banzer 19, El Alto, Bolivia
  • Telephone: (02)2844.307; 2844.257
  • Fax: 2844.264

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 June 1994ErectedArchdiocese of La Paz (Muńecas, 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
1999617,8281,002,80061.6%26315710,839184414546ap2000
2000617,8281,002,80061.6%29316010,297204414546ap2001
2001700,0001,003,00069.8%30326211,290204514549ap2002
2002690,0001,010,00068.3%29406910,000255314550ap2003
2003700,0001,100,00063.6%27366311,111264612350ap2004
2004900,0001,100,00081.8%22365815,517304812350ap2005
2006905,0001,220,00074.2%28184619,673222813254ap2007
20131,026,0001,367,00075.1%44166017,100402010558ap2014
2016919,0651,431,91464.2%44186214,82343222559ap2017
2019959,8001,495,44064.2%41155617,13938182858ap2020
2021877,2001,538,24057.0%42155715,38943181758ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 856, to Page 858

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