Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Tarija / Tariien(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Sucre
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Bishop (2019.10.11 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Tarija (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia)
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Bishop emeritus of Tarija (Bolivia)
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Bishop Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque
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Bishop Abel Costas Montaño
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Bishop Juan Niccolai, O.F.M.
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Bishop Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F.
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Area: 20,192 km²
Population: 478,230 Catholics (93.5% of 511,583 total) (2020)
Statistics: 27 parishes, 14 missions, 56 priests (30 diocesan, 26 religious), 2 deacons, 131 lay religious (34 brothers, 97 sisters), 9 seminarians (2020)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 24
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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