Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Corocoro

The Territorial Prelature of Corocoro (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Corocorensis) is a territorial prelature located in the city of Coro Coro in the Ecclesiastical province of La Paz in Bolivia.

Territorial Prelature of Corocoro

Praelatura Territorialis Corocorensis

Prelatura Territorial de Corocoro
Location
Country Bolivia
Ecclesiastical provinceLa Paz
MetropolitanLa Paz
Statistics
Area28,823 km2 (11,129 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
210,894
190,430 (90.3%)
Parishes28
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established25 December 1949 (71 years ago)
CathedralCathedral in Coro Coro
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PrelatePercy Lorenzo Galvan Flores
Metropolitan ArchbishopEdmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero
Bishops emeritusJesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P.
Toribio Ticona Porco
Map

History
  • December 25, 1949: Established as Territorial Prelature of Corocoro from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz

Prelates of Corocoro
  1. Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. (1953-1965)
  2. Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. (1966-1991)
  3. Toribio Ticona Porco (1992-2012), elevated to Cardinal in 2018
  4. Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores (2013–2020), appointed as Archbishop of La Paz in May 2020

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

References


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