Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco
- Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= San Ignacio de Velasco
latin= Dioecesis Sancti Ignatii Velascani
country= Bolivia | metropolitan= Santa Cruz de la Sierra
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Catedral de San Ignacio
cocathedral =
area= 197,000
population= 220,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 200,000
catholics_percent= 90.9
bishop= Carlos Stetter
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco {Latin: " Sancti Ignatii Velascani"} is a diocese located in the city of San Ignacio de Velasco in the Ecclesiastical province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia.
History
* January 27, 1930: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Chiquitos from the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
* November 3, 1994: Promoted as Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco
Leadership
* Bishops of San Ignacio de Velasco (Roman rite)
** Bishop Carlos Stetter (1995.07.29 – present)
** Bishop Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. (1994.11.03 – 1995.07.29)
* Vicars Apostolic of Chiquitos (Roman rite)
** Bishop Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. (1974.08.21 – 1994.11.03)
** Bishop José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. (1949.05.12 – 1974.08.21)
** Bishop Juan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M. (1942.02.25 – 1949)
** Bishop Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M. (1931.01.08 – 1941)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/zign0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsign.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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