Suffragan territorial prelature Aiquile, Bolivia
Territorial Prelature of Aiquile
Aiquilen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite territorial prelature in the ecclesiastical province of Cochabamba, Bolivia, erected in 1961 with its seat at Aiquile. Bishop-Prelate Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M. has led the prelature since 25 March 2009.
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- Established
- 1961
- Catholics
- 190,000
- Priests
- 16
- Territory
- 23,325 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M.
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St Peter in Aiquile stands in Aiquile, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
In Bolivia, the city of Aiquile gives its name to a territorial prelature (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Aiquilensis) within the ecclesiastical province of Cochabamba.