Diocese of Potosí

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Bishop(s) Walter Pérez Villamonte, Bishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán, Auxiliary Bishop Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Erected: 11 November 1924 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Sucre Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Bolivia Square Kilometers: 118,218 (45,661 Square Miles) Mailing Address: Casilla 113, Ayacucho 18, Potosi, Bolivia Telephone: (062) 22-770 Fax: 24-347

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Cleto Loayza Gumiel † (15 Nov 1924 Appointed - 30 Dec 1968 Died)
• Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.SS.R. † (30 Dec 1968 Succeeded - 21 May 1983 Resigned)
• Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (6 Oct 1984 Appointed - 31 Jul 1996 Appointed, Archbishop of La Paz)
• Walter Pérez Villamonte (7 Mar 1998 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
11 November 1924	Erected	Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas	Diocese of Potosí (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	543,800	548,930	99.1%	34	17	51	10,662		22	55	47	ap1951
1966		700,000	.0%	41	29	70	0		35	86	48	ap1967
1970	742,300	750,000	99.0%	32	29	61	12,168		36	69	68	ap1971
1976	889,911	933,590	95.3%	36	44	80	11,123	2	48	52	65	ap1977
1980	936,000	980,000	95.5%	32	45	77	12,155		58	60	66	ap1981
1990	892,524	928,600	96.1%	30	36	66	13,523		60	65	66	ap1991
1999	688,585	810,100	85.0%	41	39	80	8,607		47	77	70	ap2000
2000	575,977	639,974	90.0%	37	29	66	8,726		38	83	70	ap2001
2001	575,285	639,206	90.0%	35	27	62	9,278	3	33	86	70	ap2002
2002	638,112	709,013	90.0%	41	27	68	9,384	3	35	85	79	ap2003
2003	644,697	716,331	90.0%	36	31	67	9,622	3	36	86	79	ap2004
2004	651,144	723,494	90.0%	34	29	63	10,335	5	36	69	79	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops

• Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (Bishop: 6 Oct 1984 to 31 Jul 1996)
• Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Jun 2005)
• Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.SS.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Jul 1952; Coadjutor Bishop: 28 Jul 1956; Bishop: 30 Dec 1968 to 21 May 1983)
• Cleto Loayza Gumiel † (Bishop: 15 Nov 1924 to 30 Dec 1968)
• Walter Pérez Villamonte (Bishop: 7 Mar 1998)
• Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M. (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Nov 1976 to 25 Apr 2000)
• Toribio Ticona Porco (Priest: 29 Jan 1967; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Apr 1986 to 4 Jun 1992)