Roman Catholic Diocese of Potosí
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Potosí
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Potosí
latin= Dioecesis Potosiensis in Bolivia
country= Bolivia| metropolitan= Sucre
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Paz
cocathedral =
area= 118,218
population= 723,494
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 651,144
catholics_percent= 90.0
bishop= Walter Pérez Villamonte
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops = Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Potosí {Latin: " Potosien(sis) in Bolivia"} is a diocese located in the city of Potosí in the Ecclesiastical province of Sucre in Bolivia.
History
* November 11, 1924: Established as Diocese of Potosífrom the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata
Leadership
* Bishops of Potosí (Roman rite)
** Bishop Walter Pérez Villamonte (1998.03.07 – present)
** Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (1984.10.06 – 1996.07.31)
** Bishop Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.SS.R. (1968.12.30 – 1983.05.21)
** Bishop Cleto Loayza Gumiel (1924.11.15 – 1968.12.30)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/poto0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpoto.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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