Territorial Prelature of Aiquile
- Territorial Prelature of Aiquile
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Territorial Prelature
name= Aiquile
latin= Territorialis Praelatura Aiquilensis
country= Bolivia| metropolitan= Cochabamba
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral =
cocathedral =
area= 23,325
population= 220,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 190,000
catholics_percent= 86.4
bishop= Adalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M.
coadjutor = Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M.
auxiliary_bishops =
The Territorial Prelature of Aiquile {Latin: " Aiquilen(sis)"} is a territorial prelature located in the city of Aiquile in the Ecclesiastical province of Cochabamba in Bolivia.
History
* December 11, 1961: Established as Territorial Prelature of Aiquile from the Diocese of Cochabamba
Leadership
* Prelates of Aiquile (Roman rite)
** Bishop Adalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M. (1986.11.22 – ...)
** Bishop Jacinto Eccher, O.F.M. (1961.12.16 – 1986.11.22)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/aiqu0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/daiqu.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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