Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz

The Archdiocese of La Paz (Latin: Archidioecesis Pacensis in Bolivia) is a location in Bolivia Roman Catholic archdiocese based in La Paz

History

The Diocese of La Paz is built of cessions of territory of the Diocese of La Plata o Charcas on July 4, 1605. It was the Archdiocese of Sucre is a suffragan. On June 18, 1943, the Diocese of La Paz was by Pope Pius XII. charged with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Spirituale Bonum to an archbishopric. The Archdiocese had in its history several times parts of its territory from the creation of new dioceses.

Bishops

Bishops of La Paz

  • Domingo Valderrama y Centeno OP, May 28, 1608 to 1616
  • Pedro de Valencia, 1617-1631
  • Feliciano de la Vega Padilla, 1633-22. March 1639, then Archbishop of Mexico City
  • Alonso de Franco y Luna, May 30, 1639 to 1645
  • Francisco de la Serna OSA, January 1645 - April 1647
  • Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés, September 23, 1680-19. April 1694, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
  • Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra OP 8 November 1694-24. August 1697
  • Nicolás Urbano de la Mota y Haro, May 12, 1702 -
  • Diego Morcillo Rubio de Sunon de Robledo OSST, May 14, 1708-21. March 1714, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
  • Alejo Fernando de Rojas y Acevedo, August 30, 1723 to 1730
  • Agustín Rodríguez Delgado, December 17, 1731-22. January 1742, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
  • Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra, February 28, 1742-14. June 1746, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
  • José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez OP, June 14, 1746-17. November 1746
  • Diego Antonio de Parada, December 18, 1752-25. January 1762, then Archbishop of Lima
  • Gregorio Francisco de Campos, 1764-1787
  • Remigio de La Santa y Ortega, July 24, 1797-10. August 1816
  • Antonio Sánchez Matas OFM, December 21, 1818-28. April 1827
  • Francesco Leone de Aguirre, May 19, 1837 -
  • Calisto Clavio, September 24, 1868-4. May 1874
  • Giovanni di Dio Bosque, May 4, 1874 -
  • Nicolás Armentia Ugarte OFM, November 12, 1901-24. November 1909
  • Giuseppe Emanuele Pena, October 24, 1911 to 1913
  • Dionisio Avila, January 27, 1916-3. July 1919
  • Celestino Loza, June 20, 1920-21. January 1921
  • Augusto Sieffert CSsR 15 November, 1924-24. February 1934
  • Abel Antezana Isidoro y Rojas CMF, January 16, 1938-18. June 1943

Archbishops of La Paz

  • Abel Antezana Isidoro y Rojas CMF, June 18, 1943 to 1967
  • Jorge Manrique Hurtado, July 27, 1967 February 24, 1987
  • Luis Hinojosa Sáinz OFM, February 24, 1987-31. July 1996
  • Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero, since July 31, 1996
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