Roman Catholic Diocese of Oruro

The Diocese of Oruro (Latin: Dioecesis Orurensis ) is a location in Bolivia Roman Catholic diocese based in Oruro.

History

The Diocese of Oruro was posted on November 11, 1924 by Pope Pius XI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Praedecessoribus nostris of cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas. It is the Archdiocese of Cochabamba is a suffragan.

Bishops of Oruro

• Abel Antezana Isidoro y Rojas CMF, November 13, 1924-16. January 1938, then Bishop of La Paz
• Riccardo Chavez Alcazar, January 27, 1938-30. September 1949
• Bertoldo Bühl, OFM, 26 October, 1951-17. June 1953
• Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo, June 17, 1953-28. July 1956, then Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba
• Jorge Manrique Hurtado, July 28, 1956-27. July 1967, then Archbishop of La Paz
• René Fernández Apaza 2 March 1968-21. November 1981, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Sucre
• Julio Terrazas Sandoval CSsR, January 9, 1982-6. February 1991, then Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
• Braulio Garcia Sáez OCD, November 7, 1991-11. September 2003
• Krzysztof Bialasik SVD, since June 30, 2005