Diocese of Oruro
Oruren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oruro, Bolivia
Latin rite diocese in the Bolivian altiplano, erected 11 November 1924, and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cochabamba. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Oruro. Bishop Krzysztof Bialasik, S.V.D., a Polish-born missionary, has led the diocese since 30 June 2005.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 November 1924
- Latin
- Oruren(sis)
- Patron
- • Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, • san Felipe el Apóstol
- Annuario code
- 001002474
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 342,993
- Population
- 403,521
- Catholic share
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 6,725
- Extent
- 53,588 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.4
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Krzysztof Bialasik, S.V.D.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption, Oruro stands in Oruro, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cochabamba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cochabamba.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CochabambaCochabamba
- Territorial Prelature of AiquileAiquile
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Bolivia's ecclesiastical province of Cochabamba lies the Diocese of Oruro (Latin: Dioecesis Orurensis), seated in the city of the same name.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Obispado, Calle Junin entre Washington y el Presidente Montes, Oruro, Bolivia
- Telephone
- [02]5257.922; 5255.909; fax 5276.900
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].