Diocese of

El Alto

Bolivia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 23,000 km²

Population: 959,800 Catholics (64.2% of 1,495,440 total) (2018)

Statistics: 58 parishes, 56 priests (41 diocesan, 15 religious), 38 deacons, 46 lay religious (18 brothers, 28 sisters), 12 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: La Paz

Neighbouring Dioceses: Juli (←), Coroico (↗), La Paz (→), Corocoro (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Copacabana (February 2), Saint John Bosco (January 31)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 28

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History

1994.06.25: Established as Diocese of El Alto / Altan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, El Alto, La Paz
Minor Basilica: Basílica de la Virgen de la Candelaria, Copacabana, La Paz

Juli (←), Coroico (↗), La Paz (→), Corocoro (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.03.30 – ...):

Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana (47)

Ordinaries

Bishops of El Alto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana (47)
(2021.03.30 – ...)

Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia)

Born:	1974.05.23 (La Paz, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	2004.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.07.25

Titular Bishop of Muteci (2018.03.27 – 2021.03.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia) (2018.03.27 – 2021.03.30)

Apostolic Administrator of El Alto (Bolivia) (2020.07.16 – 2021.03.30)

Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia) (2021.03.30 – ...)

Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana (47)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.07.16 – 2021.03.30)

Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini
(2013.07.26 – 2020.07.15)

Born:	1954.01.08 (Verdellino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1978.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.09.09
Died:	2020.07.15 (El Alto, Bolivia † 66)

Titular Bishop of Bida (2010.07.15 – 2013.07.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia) (2010.07.15 – 2013.07.26)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2012.12 – 2015.11.06)

Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia) (2013.07.26 – 2020.07.15)

Died of COVID-19.

Bishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. (78) (later Archbishop)
(1994.06.25 – 2013.02.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sucre (Bolivia)

Omnibus bene facere

Born:	1943.07.22 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1972.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.06.18

Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari (1988.04.16 – 1994.06.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1988.04.16 – 1994.06.25)

Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia) (1994.06.25 – 2013.02.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (2013.02.02 – 2020.02.11)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pascual Limachi Ortiz (58) (2019.04.16 – 2021.02.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana (47) (2018.03.27 – 2021.03.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. (59) (2010.07.15 – 2014.09.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini (2010.07.15 – 2013.07.26)

as of 2021.09.26

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