Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarija
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarija
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Tarija
latin= Dioecesis Tariiensis
country= Bolivia | metropolitan= Sucre
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Paz
cocathedral =
area= 37,623
population= 391,226
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 301,785
catholics_percent= 77.1
bishop= Francisco Javier Del Río Sendino
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarija {Latin: " Tariien(sis)"} is a diocese located in the city of Tarija in the Ecclesiastical province of Sucre in Bolivia.
History
* November 11, 1924: Established as Diocese of Tarija from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata
Leadership
* Bishops of Tarija (Roman rite)
** Bishop Francisco Javier Del Río Sendino (2006.01.10 – present)
** Bishop Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque (1995.10.20 – 2004.06.02)
** Bishop Abel Costas Montaño (1974.12.11 – 1995.10.20)
** Bishop Juan Niccolai, O.F.M. (1947.08.16 – 1974)
** Bishop Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F. (1924.11.17 – 1947.08.16)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/tari0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtari.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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