Diocese of Tarija
Tariien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tarija, Bolivia
Latin rite diocese in southern Bolivia, erected in 1924, and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sucre. Its seat is the Catedral de San Bernardo in Tarija. Bishop Jorge Angel Saldias Pedraza, O.P. has led the diocese since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 November 1924
- Latin
- Tariien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003175
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 348,034
- Population
- 492,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.7%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 6,215
- Extent
- 37,623 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.3
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jorge Angel Saldias Pedraza, O.P.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de San Bernardo, Tarija stands in Tarija, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Sucre
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sucre.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SucreSucre
- Diocese of PotosíPotosí
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Tarija, a city in Bolivia's ecclesiastical province of Sucre, is the seat of this diocese, called Dioecesis Tariiensis in Latin.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.