Suffragan diocese El Alto, Bolivia
Diocese of El Alto
Altan(us)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering the high-plateau city of El Alto, Bolivia, erected 25 June 1994 from the Archdiocese of La Paz, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria. Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana has led the diocese since 2021.
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- Established
- 1994
- Catholics
- 905,000
- Priests
- 57
- Territory
- 23,000 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
- Giovani Edgar Arana
- Born
- 15 December 1943
- Birthplace
- Sucre
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria, El Alto stands in El Alto, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
This Bolivian see, Dioecesis Altanus in Latin, has its seat in the city of El Alto and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of La Paz.
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Bishop Giovani Arana to ordain Deacon Luis Brayan Paucari Rodríguez
Bishop Giovani Arana will ordain Deacon Luis Brayan Paucari Rodríguez as a priest on Thursday, September 24, 2026. The ordination ceremony will begin at 15:00 at the Virgen de la Candelaria Cathedral in the Collpani area of El Alto. Paucari Rodríguez completed his formation at the Jesús Maestro Seminary. Following his ordination, he will celebrate his first solemn masses in two locations. His first mass is scheduled for Sunday, September 27, at 11:00 at the Virgen de la Candelaria Cathedral in El Alto. He will celebrate a second mass on Tuesday, September 29, at 19:00 at the San Antonio de Padua Parish in Yacuiba, Tarija.
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