Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Potosí / Potosien(sis) in Bolivia (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Sucre
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Bishop (2020.10.28 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Potosí (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia)
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)
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Bishop Walter Pérez Villamonte
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Paz (Bolivia)
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Bishop Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.SS.R.
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Bishop Cleto Loayza Gumiel
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Area: 118,218 km²
Population: 754,900 Catholics (89.0% of 848,400 total) (2020)
Statistics: 50 parishes, 47 priests (43 diocesan, 4 religious), 5 deacons, 54 lay religious (6 brothers, 48 sisters), 5 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: San Juan María Vianney (August 4)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 16
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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