Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco Dioecesis Sancti Ignatii Velascani Diócesis de San Ignacio de Velasco | |
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Location | |
Country | Bolivia |
Ecclesiastical province | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
Metropolitan | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
Statistics | |
Area | 197,000 km2 (76,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 245,000 220,000 (89.8%) |
Parishes | 22 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 27 January 1930 (94 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Ignatius in San Ignacio de Velasco |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Robert Herman Flock |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Sergio Alfredo Gualberti |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ignatii Velascani) is a diocese located in the city of San Ignacio de Velasco in the ecclesiastical province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia.