Archdiocese of La Paz
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz is an archdiocese located in the city of La Paz in Bolivia.
History
- July 4, 1605: Established as Diocese of La Paz in Bolivia from the Diocese of La Plata
- June 18, 1943: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- * Basílica de la Virgen de la Candelaria, Copacabana
- * Basílica de San Francisco, La Paz
- * Basílica María Auxiliadora, La Paz
Bishops of the diocese
Diocese of La Paz
Erected: 4 July 1605- Diego de Zambrana .
- Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, OP
- Pedro de Valencia ; Archbishop
- Feliciano de la Vega Padilla
- Alfonso de Franco y Luna
- Francisco de la Serna, OESA
- Luis Antonio de Castro y Castillo
- Martín Velasco y Molina
- Martín de Montalvo Calderon de la Barca, OSA
- Gabriel de Guilléstegui, OFM
- Juan Pérez de Corcha
- Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés
- Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, OP
- Nicolás Urbán de Mota y Haro
- Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, OSsT
- Mateo Panduro y Villafaña, OCD
- Alejo Fernando de Rojas y Acevedo
- Agustín Rodríguez Delgado
- Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra
- José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, OP
- Matías Ibáñez de Segovia
- Diego Antonio de Parada
- Gregorio Francisco de Campos
- Alejandro José de Ochoa y Morillo
- Remigio de La Santa y Ortega
- Antonio Sánchez Matas, OFM
- José María Mendizábal
- Francisco de Paula León de Aguirre Velasco
- José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló
- José Manuel Gregorio Indaburu
- Michael Orozco
- Mariano Fernández de Córdoba
- Calixto Maria Clavijo Salazar
- Juan de Dios Bosque
- Juan José Baldivia Morales
- Nicolás Armentia Ugarte, OFM
- Manuel José Peña
- Dionisio Avila
- Celestino Loza
- Auguste Sieffert, CSsR
- Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, CMF
Archdiocese of La Paz
Elevated: 18 June 1943- Jorge Manrique Hurtado
- Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, OFM
- Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero
- Percy Lorenzo Galván Flores
Coadjutor archbishop
- Alejandro Mestre Descals, SJ, did not succeed to see
Auxiliary Bishops of La Paz
- José Clemente Maurer CSsR,, appointed Archbishop of Sucre
- Jorge Manrique Hurtado, appointed Bishop of Oruro
- José Armando Gutiérrez Granier, appointed Archbishop of Cochabamba
- Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, SDB, appointed Archbishop of Cochabamba
- Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tarija
- Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff, appointed Prelate of Pando
- Julio Terrazas Sandoval, CSsR, appointed Bishop of Oruro; future Cardinal
- Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, OCD, appointed Bishop of Bolivia, Military
- Luis Morgan Casey, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Pando
- Nino Marzoli, CR, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes, appointed Bishop of Bolivia, Military
- Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, OFM, appointed Vicar Apostolic of El Beni
- Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, OP, appointed Bishop of Tarija
- Mario Luis Durán Berríos
- Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia
- Basilio Mamani Quispe