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)
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (4)
Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (6)
Territorial Prelatures Territorial Prelature (2)
Military Ordinariates Military Ordinariate (1)
Apostolic Vicariates Apostolic Vicariate (5)
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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Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses
Apostolic Nunciature: Bolivia Archbishop Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez (58)
Conference of Bishops: Conferencia Epsicopal Boliviana (C.E.B.) Bishop Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M. (63)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) Cardinal Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. (65)
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 Chile, ← Peru Peru, → Brazil Brazil, ↘ Paraguay Paraguay, ↓ Argentina 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: 10,531,000 Catholics (86.5% of 12,170,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 623 parishes, 300 mission stations (without resident priest), 144 other centres
Clergy: 38 bishops (14 diocesan, 24 titular), 1,074 priests (585 diocesan, 489 religious), 110 permanent deacons (105 diocesan, 5 religious)
Non-Clergy: 2,014 religious (140 brothers, 1,874 sisters), 80 members of secular institutes (6 brothers, 74 sisters), 366 major seminarians, 1,413 missionaries, 14,838 catechists
Last updated on 2026年06月08日
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