Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz, Bolivia

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.05.23 – ...):	Archbishop Percy Lorenzo Galván Flores (59) Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.02.22 – ...):	Bishop Mario Luis Durán Berríos (60) Titular Bishop of Lambiridi
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.02.22 – ...):	Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P. (56) Titular Bishop of Temuniana Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Bolivia (Bolivia)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.02.22 – ...):	Bishop Basilio Mamani Quispe (49) Titular Bishop of Naissus

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of La Paz (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Percy Lorenzo Galván Flores (59)
(2020.05.23 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

Fides victoria nostra

Born:	1965.08.10 (Tomás Frías, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1991.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.05.01

Priest of Sucre (Bolivia) (1991.07.18 – 2013.02.02)

Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia) (2013.02.02 – 2020.05.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (2020.05.23 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2024.11.08 – ...)

Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (81)
(1996.07.31 – 2020.05.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Paz (Bolivia)

Born:	1943.12.15 (Sucre, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1967.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.04.13

Priest of Sucre (Bolivia) (1967.06.10 – 1984.10.06)

Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia) (1984.10.06 – 1996.07.31)

President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (1991 – 1997)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1996.07.31 – 2020.05.23)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2003 – 2009)

Archbishop Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M.
(1987.02.24 – 1996.07.31)

Born:	1936.06.21 (Tiquipaya, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1962.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.07.31
Died:	2022.10.08 (Cochabamba, Bolivia † 86)

Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina (1982.05.08 – 1987.02.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1982.05.08 – 1987.02.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1987.02.24 – 1996.07.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (2001.09.12 – 2012.08.29)

Titular Archbishop of Iunca in Mauretania (2001.09.12 – 2022.10.08)

Archbishop Jorge Manrique Hurtado
(1967.07.27 – 1987.02.24)

Born:	1911.04.19 (Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1939.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.05.04
Died:	1995.07.15 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum (1952.02.23 – 1956.07.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1952.02.23 – 1956.07.28)

Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia) (1956.07.28 – 1967.07.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1967.07.27 – 1987.02.24)

Archbishop Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F.
(1943.06.18 – 1967.04.05)

Born:	1886.05.13
Ordained Priest:	1909.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.03.15
Died:	1968.11.28 († 82)

Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia) (1924.11.13 – 1938.01.16)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1938.01.16 – 1943.06.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1943.06.18 – 1967.04.05)

President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (1958 – 1968.11.28)

Titular Archbishop of Sinna (1967.04.05 – 1968.11.28)

Bishops of La Paz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. (later Archbishop)
(1938.01.16 – 1943.06.18)

(see above)

Bishop Augusto Sieffert, C.SS.R.
(1924.11.15 – 1934.02.24)

Born:	1873.08.10 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1897.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.03.15
Died:	1951.04.06 († 77)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1924.11.15 – 1934.02.24)

Titular Bishop of Polybotus (1934.02.24 – 1951.04.06)

Bishop Celestino Loza
(1920.06.20 – 1921.01.21)

Born:	1864.05.19
Ordained Priest:	1888.08.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.10.10
Died:	1921.01.21 († 56)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1920.06.20 – 1921.01.21)

Bishop Dionisio Avila
(1916.01.27 – 1919.07.03)

Born:	1876.04.08
Ordained Priest:	1900.10.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1916.07.16
Died:	1919.07.03 († 43)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1916.01.27 – 1919.07.03)

Bishop Emanuele Giuseppe Pena
(1911.10.24 – 1914.08.10)

Born:	1855.12.26 (Bolivia)
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.07.21
Died:	1914.08.10 († 58)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1911.10.24 – 1914.08.10)

Bishop Nicolás Armentia Ugarte, O.F.M.
(1901.11.12 – 1909.11.24)

Born:	1845.12.05 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1869.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.02.24
Died:	1909.11.24 († 63)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1901.11.12 – 1909.11.24)

Bishop Juan José Baldivia Morales
(1890.12.22 – 1899.10.05)

Born:	1831.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.03.02
Died:	1899.10.05 († 68)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1878.07.15 – 1890.12.22)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1890.12.22 – 1899.10.05)

Bishop Juan de Dios Bosque
(1874.05.04 – 1890.05.09)

Born:	1829.03.12
Ordained Priest:	1854.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.09.13
Died:	1890.05.09 († 61)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1874.05.04 – 1890.05.09)

Bishop Calixto Maria Clavijo Salazar
(1868.09.24 – 1874.04.27)

Born:	1814.10.12
Ordained Priest:	1839.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1869.04.11
Died:	1886.06.11 († 71)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1868.09.24 – 1874.04.27)

Titular Bishop of Limyra (1874.05.04 – 1886.06.11)

Bishop Mariano Fernández de Córdoba
(1851.04.10 – 1868.05.02)

Born:	1804.01.06
Ordained Priest:	1828.04.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.08.24
Died:	1868.05.02 († 64)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1851.04.10 – 1868.05.02)

Fr. Miguel de Orozco
(1848 – 1850 not possessed)

Died:

1850

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1848 – 1850 not possessed)

Bishop José Manuel Indaburo
(1843.06.22 – 1844.12.16)

Born:	1787.12.25
Ordained Priest:	1813.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1844.11.02
Died:	1844.12.16 († 56)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1843.06.22 – 1844.12.16)

Bishop José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló
(1840.07.13 – 1841.03.04)

Born:	1774.04.08
Ordained Priest:	1798.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1836.08.14
Died:	1841.03.04 († 66)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1835.07.24 – 1840.07.13)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1840.07.13 – 1841.03.04)

Fr. Francisco León de Aguirre (later Bishop)
(1837.05.19 – 1840.07.13 not possessed)

Born:	1790.02.05
Ordained Priest:	1818.03.29

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1837.05.19 – 1840.07.13 not possessed)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1840.07.13 – 1841.12.21)

Bishop José María Mendizábal (later Archbishop)
(1828.12.15 – 1835.07.24)

Born:	1778.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1829.11.30
Died:	1846.09.29 († 68)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1828.12.15 – 1835.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1835.07.24 – 1846.09.29)

Bishop Antonio Sánchez Matas, O.F.M.
(1818.12.21 – 1827.04.28)

Born:	1762.09.27 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.10.01
Died:	1849 († 87)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1818.12.21 – 1827.04.28)

Bishop Remigio de La Santa y Ortega
(1797.07.24 – 1816.08.10)

Born:	1745.10.01 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1792.12.23
Died:	1818.11.14 († 73)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1792.06.18 – 1797.07.24)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1797.07.24 – 1816.08.10)

Bishop of Lérida (Spain) (1818.06.06 – 1818.11.14)

Bishop Alejandro José de Ochoa
(1791.04.11 – 1796.05.05)

Died:

1796.05.05

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1782 – 1791.04.11)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1791.04.11 – 1796.05.05)

Bishop Gregorio Francisco de Campos
(1764.05.04 – 1789.12.22)

Ordained Priest:	1741.12.23
Died:	1789.12.22

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1764.05.04 – 1789.12.22)

Bishop Diego Antonio de Parada (later Archbishop)
(1752.12.18 – 1762.01.25)

Born:	1698.04.26 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1753
Died:	1779.04.23 († 80)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1752.12.18 – 1762.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1762.01.25 – 1779.04.23)

Bishop Matias de Ibánez
(1747.09.04 – 1751.08.25)

Consecrated Bishop:	1747.11.27
Died:	1751.08.25

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1747.09.04 – 1751.08.25)

Bishop José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, O.P.
(1746.06.14 – 1746.11.17)

Born:	1699.04.24 (Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1740.11
Died:	1746.11.17 († 47)

Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) ([1738.05.19] 1738.06.23 – 1746.06.14)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1746.06.14 – 1746.11.17)

Bishop Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra (later Archbishop)
(1742.02.28 – 1746.06.14)

Born:	1680 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1704
Consecrated Bishop:	1733.11.22
Died:	1747.12.29 († 66)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1731.06.18 – 1742.02.28)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1742.02.28 – 1746.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1746.06.14 – 1747.12.29)

Bishop Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (later Archbishop)
(1731.12.17 – 1742.01.22)

Born:	1674.10.04 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1726.09.08
Died:	1746.12.18 († 72)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1725.12.19 – 1731.12.17)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1731.12.17 – 1742.01.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1742.01.22 – 1746.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1746.06.14 – 1746.12.18)

Bishop Alejo Fernando de Rojas y Acevedo
(1723.08.30 – 1730)

Consecrated Bishop:	1719.02.28
Died:	1730

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1718.01.10 – 1723.08.30)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1723.08.30 – 1730)

Bishop Mateo Panduro y Villafañe, O.C.D.
(1714.03.13 – 1722.03.21)

Consecrated Bishop:	1699.09.30
Died:	1722.03.21

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1696 – 1714.03.13)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1714.03.13 – 1722.03.21)

Bishop Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. (later Archbishop)
(1708.05.14 – 1714.03.21)

Born:	1642.01.03 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1703
Died:	1730.03.12 († 88)

Bishop of León (Nicaragua) ([1701.11.21] 1702.03.15 – 1708.05.14)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1708.05.14 – 1714.03.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1714.03.21 – 1723.05.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1723.05.12 – 1730.03.12)

Bishop Nicolás Urbano de Mata y Haro
(1702.05.12 – 1704.12.29)

Consecrated Bishop:	1703.12.30
Died:	1704.12.29

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1702.05.12 – 1704.12.29)

Bishop Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, O.P.
(1694.11.08 – 1697.08.24)

Consecrated Bishop:	1679
Died:	1697.08.24

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1678.03.14 – 1694.11.08)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1694.11.08 – 1697.08.24)

Bishop Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (later Archbishop)
(1680.09.23 – 1694.04.19)

Born:	1635 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1681.12.21
Died:	1709 († 74)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1680.09.23 – 1694.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1694.04.19 – 1709)

Bishop Gabriel de Guillistegui, O.F.M.
(1670.09.01 – 1677)

Consecrated Bishop:	1667
Died:	1677

Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1666.12.15 – 1670.09.01)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1670.09.01 – 1677)

Bishop Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce
(1666 – 1668)

Consecrated Bishop:	1641.10.14
Died:	1668

Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1640.08.10 – 1663.07.07)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1663.07.07 – 1666)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1666 – 1668)

Bishop Martín de Montalvo Calderon de la Barca, O.E.S.A.
(1664.07.21 – 1668.12)

Consecrated Bishop:	1668.01.22
Died:	1668.12

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1664.07.21 – 1668.12)

Bishop Martín Velasco y Molina
(1655.03.06 – 1662)

Died:

1662

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1655.03.06 – 1662)

Bishop Luis Antonio de Castro y Castillo
(1648 – 1653.10.07)

Consecrated Bishop:	1648.04.26
Died:	1653.10.07

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1648 – 1653.10.07)

Bishop Francisco de la Serna, O.E.S.A.
(1645.01 – 1647.04 not possessed)

Born:	1568
Consecrated Bishop:	1637.11.15
Died:	1647.04 († 78)

Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1635 – 1637.08.25 not possessed)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1637.08.25 – 1645.01)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1645.01 – 1647.04 not possessed)

Bishop Alonso de Franco y Luna
(1639.05.30 – 1645)

Born:	1572
Consecrated Bishop:	1632.10.31
Died:	1645 († 73)

Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1632.06.07 – 1639.05.30)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1639.05.30 – 1645)

Bishop Feliciano de la Vega Padilla (later Archbishop)
(1633 – 1639.03.22)

Born:	1582
Consecrated Bishop:	1631.12.21
Died:	1640.12 († 58)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1631 – 1633)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1633 – 1639.03.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1639.03.22 – 1640.12)

Bishop Pedro de Valencia
(1617 – 1631)

Consecrated Bishop:	1616
Died:	1631

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1617 – 1631)

Archbishop Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, O.P.
(1608.05.28 – 1616)

Consecrated Bishop:	1607
Died:	1616

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1606.09.25 – 1608.05.28)

Archbishop-Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1608.05.28 – 1616)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. (1982.06.28 – 1987.02.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M. (62) (2014.03.25 – 2020.11.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, O.P. (56) (2014.03.25 – 2019.10.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes (65) (later Archbishop) (2002.05.29 – 2012.04.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. (81) (later Archbishop) (1988.04.16 – 1994.06.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nino Marzoli, C.R. (1988.04.16 – 1992.08.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gonzalo Ramiro de Jesús María del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. (1983.11.03 – 2000.04.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Morgan Casey (1983.11.03 – 1988.01.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. (later Cardinal) (1978.04.15 – 1982.01.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque (1968.11.11 – 1992.11.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff (1968.11.11 – 1982.12.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) (1960.12.09 – 1981.11.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Armando Gutiérrez Granier (later Archbishop) (1956 – 1965.08.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jorge Manrique Hurtado (later Archbishop) (1952.02.23 – 1956.07.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R. (later Cardinal) (1950.03.01 – 1951.10.27)