Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Corocoro

The Territorial Prelature of Corocoro (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Corocorensis) is a territorial prelature located in the city of Coro Coro in the ecclesiastical province of La Paz in Bolivia.

Territorial Prelature of Corocoro Praelatura Territorialis Corocorensis Prelatura Territorial de Corocoro
Location
Country	Bolivia
Ecclesiastical province	La Paz
Metropolitan	La Paz
Statistics
Area	28,823 km2 (11,129 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 210,894 190,430 (90.3%)
Parishes	28
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	25 December 1949 (74 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral in Coro Coro
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Prelate	Pascual Limachi Ortiz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero
Bishops emeritus	Toribio Ticona Porco
Map

History

• December 25, 1949: Established as Territorial Prelature of Corocoro from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz

Prelates of Corocoro

1. Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. (1953–1965)
2. Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. (1966–1991)
3. Toribio Ticona Porco (1992–2012), elevated to Cardinal in 2018
4. Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores (2013–2020), appointed as Archbishop of La Paz in May 2020
5. Pascual Limachi Ortiz (2021–present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

External links

• GCatholic.org