# Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz (Latin: Archidioecesis Pacensis in Bolivia) is an archdiocese located in the city of La Paz in Bolivia.

## History

* July 4, 1605: Established as Diocese of La Paz in Bolivia from the Diocese of La Plata
* June 18, 1943: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Paz

## Special churches

* Minor Basilicas:
** Basílica de la Virgen de la Candelaria, Copacabana
** Basílica de San Francisco, La Paz
** Basílica María Auxiliadora, La Paz

## Bishops of the diocese
### Diocese of La Paz

Erected: 4 July 1605
* Diego de Zambrana (de Carmona) (4 Jul 1605 – 14 Jan 1608 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas before he arrived in La Paz).
* Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, OP (28 May 1608 – 1615 Died)
* Pedro de Valencia (30 Jul 1617 – 1631 Died); Archbishop (personal title)
* Feliciano de la Vega Padilla (5 Sep 1633 – 13 Sep 1638 Appointed, Archbishop of México)
* Alfonso de Franco y Luna (30 May 1639 – 1645 Died)
* Francisco de la Serna, OESA (21 Aug 1645 – Apr 1647 Died)
* Luis Antonio de Castro y Castillo (13 Jan 1648 – 7 Oct 1653 Died)
* Martín Velasco y Molina (14 May 1655 – 1662 Died)
* Martín de Montalvo Calderon de la Barca, OSA (21 Jul 1664 – Dec 1668 Died)
* Gabriel de Guilléstegui, OFM (1 Sep 1670 – 1677 Died)
* Juan Pérez de Corcha (22 Jan 1680 Appointed – )
* Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (23 Sep 1680 – 19 Apr 1694 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
* Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, OP (19 Jul 1694 – 24 Aug 1697 Died)
* Nicolás Urbán de Mota y Haro (12 May 1702 – 25 Dec 1704 Died)
* Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, OSsT (14 May 1708 – 21 Mar 1714 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
* Mateo Panduro y Villafaña, OCD (1 Oct 1714 – 21 Mar 1722 Died)
* Alejo Fernando de Rojas y Acevedo (30 Aug 1723 – 1730 Died)
* Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (17 Dec 1731 – 22 Jan 1742 Confirmed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
* Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra (28 Feb 1742 – 14 Jun 1746 Confirmed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
* José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, OP (14 Jun 1746 – 17 Nov 1746 Died)
* Matías Ibáñez de Segovia (4 Sep 1747 – 25 Aug 1751 Died)
* Diego Antonio de Parada (18 Dec 1752 – 25 Jan 1762 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
* Gregorio Francisco de Campos (4 May 1764 – 22 Dec 1789 Died)
* Alejandro José de Ochoa y Morillo (11 Apr 1791 – 1796 Died)
* Remigio de La Santa y Ortega (24 Jul 1797 – 10 Aug 1816 Resigned)
* Antonio Sánchez Matas, OFM (21 Dec 1818 – 28 Apr 1827 Resigned)
* José María Mendizábal (15 Dec 1828 – 24 Jul 1835 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
* Francisco de Paula León de Aguirre Velasco (19 May 1837 – 13 Jul 1840 Resigned)
* José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló (13 Jul 1840 – 4 Mar 1841 Died)
* José Manuel Gregorio Indaburu (Yndaburu) (22 Jun 1843 – 16 Dec 1844 Died)
* Michael Orozco (20 Jan 1848 – 1849 Died)
* Mariano Fernández de Córdoba (10 Apr 1851 – 2 May 1868 Died)
* Calixto Maria Clavijo Salazar (24 Sep 1868 – 27 Apr 1874 Resigned)
* Juan de Dios Bosque (4 May 1874 – 9 March 1890 Died)
* Juan José Baldivia Morales (1 Jun 1891 – 5 Oct 1899 Died)
* Nicolás Armentia Ugarte, OFM (12 Nov 1901 – 24 Nov 1909 Died)
* Manuel José Peña (30 Nov 1911 – 10 Aug 1914 Died)
* Dionisio Avila (27 Jan 1916 – 30 Jun 1919 Died)
* Celestino Loza (20 Jun 1920 – 18 Jan 1921 Died)
* Auguste Sieffert, CSsR (15 Nov 1924 – 24 Feb 1934 Resigned)
* Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, CMF (16 Jan 1938 – 5 Apr 1967 Retired)

### Archdiocese of La Paz

Elevated: 18 June 1943
* Jorge Manrique Hurtado (27 Jul 1967 – 24 Feb 1987 Retired)
* Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, OFM (24 Feb 1987 – 31 Jul 1996 Resigned)
* Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero (31 Jul 1996 – 23 May 2020 Retired)
* Percy Lorenzo Galván Flores (23 May 2020 – present)

### Coadjutor archbishop

* Alejandro Mestre Descals, SJ (1982.06.28 - 1987.02.24), did not succeed to see

### Auxiliary Bishops of La Paz

* José Clemente Maurer CSsR, (1950.03.01 – 1951.10.27), appointed Archbishop of Sucre (Cardinal in 1967)
* Jorge Manrique Hurtado (1952.02.23 - 1956.07.28), appointed Bishop of Oruro (later returned here as Archbishop)
* José Armando Gutiérrez Granier (1956 - 1965.08.19), appointed Archbishop of Cochabamba
* Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, SDB (1960.12.09 - 1981.11.21), appointed Archbishop of Cochabamba
* Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque (1968.11.11 - 1992.11.10), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tarija
* Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff (1969.01.02 – 1982.12.17), appointed Prelate of Pando
* Julio Terrazas Sandoval, CSsR (1978.04.15 - 1982.01.09), appointed Bishop of Oruro; future Cardinal
* Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, OCD (1983.11.03 - 2000.04.14), appointed Bishop of Bolivia, Military
* Luis Morgan Casey (1983.12.03 – 1988.01.18), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Pando
* Nino Marzoli, CR (1988.04.16 - 1992.04.28), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
* Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes (2002.05.29 - 2012.04.04), appointed Bishop of Bolivia, Military
* Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, OFM (2014.03.25 - 2020.11.28), appointed Vicar Apostolic of El Beni
* Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, OP (2014.03.25 - 2019.10.11), appointed Bishop of Tarija
* Mario Luis Durán Berríos (2022.02.22-)
* Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia (2022.02.22-)
* Basilio Mamani Quispe (2022.02.22-)

## Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Coroico
* Diocese of El Alto
* Territorial Prelature of Corocoro