Diocese of Tarija
Tariien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tarija, Bolivia
Latin rite diocese in southern Bolivia, erected in 1924, and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sucre. Its seat is the Catedral de San Bernardo in Tarija. Bishop Jorge Angel Saldias Pedraza, O.P. has led the diocese since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 November 1924
- Latin
- Tariien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003175
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 348,034
- Population
- 492,000
- Catholic share
- 70.7%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 6,215
- Extent
- 37,623 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.3
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
- Jorge Angel Saldias Pedraza, O.P.
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
Catedral de San Bernardo, Tarija stands in Tarija, 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 Sucre
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sucre.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SucreSucre
- Diocese of PotosíPotosí
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Tarija, a city in Bolivia's ecclesiastical province of Sucre, is the seat of this diocese, called Dioecesis Tariiensis in Latin.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].