Catholic ChurchinPlurinational State of Bolivia (Bolivia) |
Also known as: Bolivien (Deutsch), la Bolivie (français), Bolivia (español, Italiano, latine), Boliwia (polski), Bolívia (Português), 玻利維亞 (正體中文), ボリビア (日本語)
Roman Rite (18): Aiquile, Camiri, Cochabamba, Corocoro, Coroico, El Alto, El Beni, La Paz, Ñuflo de Chávez, Obispado Castrense de Bolivia, Oruro, Pando, Potosí, Reyes, San Ignacio de Velasco, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Sucre, Tarija
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Apostolic Nunciature: Bolivia
Conference of Bishops: Conferencia Epsicopal Boliviana (C.E.B.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.)
Patron Saints: Our Lady of Mount Carmel (July 16), Saint Francis Solanus
Continent: South America
Capital: Sucre
Area: 1,083,301 km²
Population: 11,138,234
Former Name: Upper Peru
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Chile , ← Peru , → Brazil , ↘ Paraguay , ↓ Argentina
Religions: Roman Catholic 76.8%, Evangelical and Pentecostal 8.1%, Protestant 7.9%, other 1.7%, none 5.5%
Languages: Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, foreign languages 2.4%, Guarani (official) 0.6%, other native languages 0.4%, none 0.1%
Ethnic Groups: mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 68%, indigenous 20%, white 5%, cholo/chola 2%, black 1%, other 1%, unspecified 3% ; 44% of respondents indicated feeling part of some indigenous group, predominantly Quechua or Aymara
Motto: La Unión es la Fuerza (Spanish) (Unity is Strength)
Area: 1,098,581 km²
Catholic Population: 10,247,000 Catholics (86.5% of 11,842,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 613 parishes, 316 mission stations (1 with resident priest, 315 without resident priest), 144 other centres
Clergy: 37 bishops (16 diocesan, 21 titular), 1,150 priests (619 diocesan, 531 religious), 117 permanent deacons (113 diocesan, 4 religious)
Non-Clergy: 2,162 religious (144 brothers, 2,018 sisters), 80 members of secular institutes (6 brothers, 74 sisters), 384 major seminarians, 4,053 missionaries, 15,003 catechists
Last updated on 2024.09.18
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