Military Ordinariate of

Obispado Castrense de Bolivia 𝐖

Bolivia Bolivia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Military Ordinariate Military Ordinariate

Name: Obispado Castrense de Bolivia / Bolivia

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Avenida Tte. Rafael, Pabón, Calle 1, Irpavi, La Paz, Bolivia

Present Prelates

Military Ordinary:vacant
Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate (2022.08.31 – ...):Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P. (56)Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P. (56)

Titular Bishop of Temuniana

Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Ordinaries

Military Ordinaries of Obispado Castrense de Bolivia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P. (56)Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P. (56)
(Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate 2022.08.31 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. (62)Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. (62)
(2014.09.24 – 2022.06.29)

Titular Bishop of Fidoloma
Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia)

Born:1962.04.04 (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1991.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:2010.09.09

Titular Bishop of Naratcata (2010.07.15 – 2014.09.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia) (2010.07.15 – 2014.09.24)

Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia) (2014.09.24 – 2022.06.29)

Titular Bishop of Fidoloma (2022.06.29 – ...)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia) (2022.06.29 – ...)

Archbishop Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes (65)Bishop Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes (65) (later Archbishop)
(2012.04.04 – 2014.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Dominus pars

Born:1959.09.26 (La Paz, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1987.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:2002.07.25

Priest of La Paz (Bolivia) (1987.11.29 – 2002.05.29)

Titular Bishop of Citium (2002.05.29 – 2012.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (2002.05.29 – 2012.04.04)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2009 – 2012.12)

Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia) (2012.04.04 – 2014.09.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2012.12 – 2015.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (2014.09.24 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (2015.11.06 – 2021.11.12)

Bishop Gonzalo Ramiro de Jesús María del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D.
(2000.04.14 – 2012.04.04)

Born:1936.09.20 (La Paz, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1964.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1984.01.07
Died:2019.01.14 (La Paz, Bolivia † 82)

Titular Bishop of Themisonium (1983.11.03 – 2000.04.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1983.11.03 – 2000.04.14)

Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia) (2000.04.14 – 2012.04.04)

Bishop Mario Lezana Vaca
(1986.07.21 – 2000.04.14)

Born:1922.07.27 (Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1946.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:1986.06.29
Died:2006.07.28 († 84)

Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia) (1986.05.17 – 1986.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Baza (1986.05.17 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia) (1986.07.21 – 2000.04.14)

Military Vicars of Bolivia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mario Lezana Vaca
(1986.05.17 – 1986.07.21)

(see above)

Archbishop René Fernández Apaza
(1975.07.30 – 1986.05.17)

Born:1924.01.09 (Padilla, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1948.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:1968.04.21
Died:2013.08.14 († 89)

Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia) (1968.03.02 – 1981.11.21)

Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia) (1975.07.30 – 1986.05.17)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1981.11.21 – 1983.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1983.11.30 – 1988.04.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1988.04.16 – 1999.07.08)

Bishop Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo (later Archbishop)
(1961.07.26 – 1975.07.30)

Born:1915.01.12 (Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1938.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:1952.10.05
Died:2004.03.26 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Thennesus (1952.06.06 – 1953.06.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1952.06.06 – 1953.06.17)

Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia) (1953.06.17 – 1956.07.28)

Titular Bishop of Gergis (1956.07.28 – 1958.05.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1956.07.28 – 1958.05.23)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1958.05.23 – 1975.07.30)

Military Vicar of Bolivia (Bolivia) (1961.07.26 – 1975.07.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1975.07.30 – 1991.02.06)

President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (1980 – 1985)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Statistics (2013.12.31)

Pastoral Centres: 5 parishes

Personnel: 36 priests (12 diocesan, 24 religious), 4 deacons, 29 religious (24 brothers, 5 sisters), 8 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

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