Roman Catholic Diocese of El Alto
- Roman Catholic Diocese of El Alto
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= El Alto
latin= Dioecesis Altanus
country= Bolivia| metropolitan= La Paz
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
cocathedral =
area= 23,000
population= 1,100,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 900,000
catholics_percent= 81.8
bishop= Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B.
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Roman Catholic Diocese of El Alto {Latin: " Altan(us)"} is a diocese located in the city of El Alto in the Ecclesiastical province of La Paz in Bolivia.
History
* June 25, 1994: Established as Diocese of El Alto from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz
Leadership
* Bishops of El Alto (Roman rite)
** Bishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. (June 25, 1994 – present)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/elal0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/delal.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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