Recent Events

Archbishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

Archbishop Percy Lorenzo Galván Flores, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

Bishop Juan Gómez, Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Archbishop Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez, Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia

Bishop Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Corocoro (Bolivia), passed away at 93

Fr. Juan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza, O.P., was consecrated as Bishop of Coroico (Bolivia)

Archbishop Angelo Accattino, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania

Fr. Juan Carlos Huaygua Oropeza, O.P., was elected Bishop of Coroico (Bolivia)

Bishop Juan Vargas Aruquipa resigned as Bishop of Coroico (Bolivia)

Archbishop Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Paz (Bolivia) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cochabamba (Bolivia), passed away at 86

Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P., Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Bolivia (Bolivia)

Bishop Luis Morgan Casey, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Pando (Bolivia), passed away at 87

Bishop Eugenio Coter, Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia)

Bishop Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R., Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia), passed away at 54

Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B., Military Ordinary of Bolivia (Bolivia), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Fidoloma and Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia)

Archbishop Luciano Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia

Archbishop Luciano Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria

Fr. Mario Luis Durán Berríos was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Lambiridi and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Temuniana and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Basilio Mamani Quispe was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Naissus and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Bishop René Leigue Cesari, Titular Bishop of Nepi and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ponziano and Apostolic Commissioner for Institute of the Incarnate Word, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Ponziano pro hac vice Title

Fr. Mario Luis Durán Berríos, Priest of La Paz (Bolivia), was elected Titular Bishop of Lambiridi and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Temuniana and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Fr. Basilio Mamani Quispe, Priest of La Paz (Bolivia), was elected Titular Bishop of Naissus and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Bishop Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Camiri (Bolivia), passed away at 72

Archbishop Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez, Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands

Archbishop Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

Archbishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán, President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana, Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

Bishop Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M., General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia and Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia

Fr. Víctor Iván Vargas Galarza was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Bladia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Fr. Víctor Iván Vargas Galarza, Priest of Cochabamba (Bolivia), was elected Titular Bishop of Bladia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Msgr. Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Virunum

Msgr. Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez, Priest of Yucatán (Mexico) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Titular Archbishop of Virunum

Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana, Titular Bishop of Muteci, Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia) and Apostolic Administrator of El Alto (Bolivia), was appointed as Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia)

Bishop Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P., Titular Bishop of Carinola and Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia), was appointed as Bishop of Carora (Venezuela)

Archbishop Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sucre (Bolivia), passed away at 84

Bishop Roberto Bordi, O.F.M., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of El Beni (Bolivia) and Apostolic Administrator of El Beni (Bolivia)

Bishop Pascual Limachi Ortiz, Titular Bishop of Belesasa and Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia), was appointed as Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia)

Msgr. Nicolás Renán Aguilera Arroyo was consecrated as Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia)

Bishop Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia, was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia)

Msgr. Nicolás Renán Aguilera Arroyo, Priest of Tarija (Bolivia), was elected Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia)

Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana, Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Alto (Bolivia)

Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini, Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia), passed away at 66

Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Bishop Percy Lorenzo Galván Flores, Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

Bishop Roberto Bordi, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop of El Beni (Bolivia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of El Beni (Bolivia)

Bishop Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia)

Bishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán, Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia) and President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Archbishop Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

Bishop Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L., succeeded as Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina)

Bishop Francisco Javier del Río Sendino resigned as Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia)

Bishop Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, O.P., Titular Bishop of Phelbes and Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia), was appointed as Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia)

Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Archbishop Rino Passigato resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Fr. Pascual Limachi Ortiz was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Belesasa and Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia)

Bishop Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R., Titular Bishop of Vulturara, Auxiliary Bishop of Reyes (Bolivia) and Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia)